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Rita Buettner

Rita Buettner is a wife, working mother and author of the Catholic Review's Open Window blog. She and her husband adopted their two sons from China, and Rita often writes about topics concerning adoption, family and faith.

Rita also writes The Domestic Church, a featured column in the Catholic Review. Her writing has been honored by the Catholic Press Association, the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association and the Associated Church Press.

Train displays, parent-teacher conferences, December birthdays, fun with cardboard, and what’s left in the fridge (7 Quick Takes)

November 30, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

December starts tomorrow, so bring on train season! Actually, it’s always train season around here because we are a toy train family.

Table of plenty

November 27, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

We’re losing power for most of the day tomorrow. I know we’ll lose most of the food in our fridge, so we’ve been eating and eating—but we’ve barely made a dent.

Thanksgiving leftovers, lots of pie, sleepover fun, and more (7 Quick Takes)

November 23, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

~1~ Despite all my worry that the frozen turkey wouldn’t thaw in time, it thawed beautifully, and it cooked up even more perfectly. I watched my father pull it out of the oven, and it was gorgeous—and delicious. Everything tasted so good this year—my mother’s carrots and onions casserole, the mashed potatoes and gravy, the […]

Talking turkey and sweet potatoes and pie

November 19, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

A dozen years ago or so, back before we had children, my mother asked me to bring the sweet potatoes to our Thanksgiving dinner.

Snow, snow, snow, birthday spaghetti, an anniversary gift, and more (7 Quick Takes)

November 16, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

It snowed yesterday! I had seen that snow and sleet were in the forecast, but so often storms don’t amount to much—especially in mid-November.

When your jug is nearly dry

November 11, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

You wonder why God would ask that of you at a time when your jar of flour is nearly empty and your jug is nearly dry.

A big birthday, an anniversary, the end of the scarecrow, and more (7 Quick Takes)

November 9, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Our older son turns 11 tomorrow. Eleven! It sounds so much older than 10.

Grieving Together offers couples support after miscarriage

November 7, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Grieving Together is both beautifully and practically written. It is, in fact, the book Laura and Franco wish they had had when they miscarried their third baby.

A mistake that turned out just fine

November 6, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

This pot of slops wasn’t looking very exciting, so I pulled a packet of onion soup mix out of the pantry. Onion soup should be able to jazz almost anything up.

Leftover Halloween treats, autumn trees, limericks, and more (7 Quick Takes)

November 2, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

How was your Halloween? Ours was spooky and fun.

Heaven is not so far away

November 1, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church

As Catholic Christians, we know that we never really lose anyone we love. We might just be physically separated for a while.

This Halloween even the soup is scary

October 30, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

The pumpkins are carved. The costumes are ready. The decorations are up. Even the chicken noodle soup is disguised as a ghost.

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