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Rita Buettner

7 Quick Takes: Piggyback rides, succulents, salmon, and how great it is when your son loves you more than his bathrobe

May 19, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Rita Buettner shares this week’s 7 Quick Takes.

A commencement goodbye

May 18, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

During my 19-year career, I’ve seen colleagues come and colleagues go. The hellos I look forward to. The goodbyes I dread.

An adoptive mother’s thoughts on Birthmothers Day

May 13, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Today, the day before Mother’s Day, is Birthmother’s Day, and I find myself wondering about the women who gave our sons life.

7 Quick Takes: Chilly baseball games, honeysuckle, entering a new whole new world of Pokemon fun, cow birthday cards, and more

May 12, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

This weeks ‘7 Quick Takes’ covers everything from chilly baseball games to entering a new whole new world of Pokemon fun.

As a parent, every day is Christmas morning

May 9, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

As we watch them grow and learn and change, I realize so much of who they are seems to have nothing to do with us.

“Don’t step on a crack. You’ll break your mother’s back!”

May 8, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

I can only hope God will give my husband and me the wisdom, the strength, the courage to handle each stage we will encounter as a family.

7 Quick Takes: Not camping this weekend, dominoes and dishes, my favorite response to Jimmy Kimmel, Star Wars Day, and more

May 6, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

This week’s 7 Quick Takes includes a breakfast Star Wars tribute.

7 Quick Takes Friday: Going camping, cabbage, ham, Harpoon Lagoon, Infertility Awareness Week, and a visit to the cemetery

April 28, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

These week’s 7 Quick takes covers ongoing Easter celebrations, camping, a visit to the cemetery and much more!

A sweet reminder from our son during Mass

April 24, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

“Pure love … knows that only one thing is needed to please God,” St. Faustina wrote, “to do even the smallest things out of great love—love, and always love.”

7 Quick Takes: Lasagna for Easter, our fun spring break, preparing for summer, a trip to the zoo, and signs of spring

April 21, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

This week’s 7 Quick Takes includes Easter fun and a trip to the zoo.

The search for a new-to-us bicycle

April 20, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Two boys and two bicycles and two bicycle helmets and a new love for bargain shopping. Not bad for a beautiful spring afternoon.

Call to compassion

April 19, 2017
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

Yes, we encounter pain and suffering on earth, but we walk with one another, and God is with us every step along the way.

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