Gift of gratitude November 21, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church Gratitude doesn’t always come easily, but there’s almost always something to be thankful for, though it can take time to see it.
When you just can’t get enough pumpkin: A pumpkin cookie recipe November 20, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Recipes With a pumpkin cookie in hand, how can you feel anything but grateful?
Week in My Life 2017: Sunday November 19, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Uncategorized Our 7-year-old climbs into bed next to me, and I know I should get up. But he wants to make conversation, and I can never get enough of that.
Week in My Life 2017: Saturday November 18, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Saturday starts as all Saturdays do, with children who bound out of bed before their parents do—a good sign since we were at the pediatrician’s office yesterday.
Week in My Life 2017: Friday November 17, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Our children are off today, so the morning starts with a sense of calm. There are no lunches to pack, no last-minute homework assignments to do, no field trip forms to forget.
Birthday celebrating, toy shopping, and doing more holy things today (7 Quick Takes) November 17, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I’m chronicling our daily lives on the blog this week in the Week in My Life challenge, so I could probably have given myself a break from 7 quick takes.
Week in My Life 2017: Thursday November 16, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Morning comes quickly. As I get things ready for the day, I keep in mind that I will be at a work event late into the evening.
Week in My Life 2017: Wednesday November 15, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I’m up before the sons, which makes me think I have a jump on the day.
Week in My Life 2017: Tuesday November 14, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window A stuffed cow and his owner crawl into my bed to wake me up, and I realize the morning is already getting away from us.
Week in My Life 2017: Monday November 14, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I’m chronicling our ordinary, but extraordinary, life every day this week. Here’s Monday.
A Golden Birthday, a gratitude garland, how mothers are dictionaries, and more (7 Quick Takes) November 9, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Our older son is 10 today—double digits! It’s his golden birthday (10 on the 10th), and he has been counting down the days, of course.
A Q&A with a seminarian on his vocation to the priesthood November 8, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Feature, Open Window, Vocations During National Vocations Awareness Week, seminarian Tommy O’Donnell reflects on his vocation to the priesthood.
