A big birthday, an anniversary, the end of the scarecrow, and more (7 Quick Takes) November 9, 2018By 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, 2018By 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.
Hometown Saints: Baltimore Hispanic community celebrates St. Oscar Romero November 7, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Blog, Saints, The Work of Her Hands The recent canonization of St. Oscar Romero was a moment of pride for many in our community.
A mistake that turned out just fine November 6, 2018By 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.
Me-me-me Birthday Prayer November 6, 2018By Suzanna Molino Singleton Filed Under: Blog, Snippets of Faith I’ve never done that before – prayed only for myself in a single prayer session – and yet it felt suitable. No way I could have survived 59 years without God.
Leftover Halloween treats, autumn trees, limericks, and more (7 Quick Takes) November 2, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window How was your Halloween? Ours was spooky and fun.
This Halloween even the soup is scary October 30, 2018By 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.
What’s in a name? October 30, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Blog, The Work of Her Hands As a young adult Catholic, I aspire to emulate Ms. Joyce’s behavior, and become a Proverbs 31 woman.
Pokemon tournaments, not winning $1 billion, what we had for dinner this week, and more (7 Quick Takes) October 25, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window There was a time where I was not proficient in Pokemon. I’m still not an expert, but I can at least speak the language.
What would you do with $1 billion? October 22, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window We’re all thinking about it, right? What exactly would we do if we were to win more than $1 billion in the Mega Millions jackpot?
An Amelia Bedelia move, rats, a trip to the salad bar, and a few conference leftovers (7 Quick Takes) October 19, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window I ran out of ideas for dinner by the end of the week, so I cooked a little of everything that was left in the fridge. It didn’t look like much of a spread on the table.
Sundays aren’t for football and other kids’ games October 18, 2018By Suzanna Molino Singleton Filed Under: Blog, Snippets of Faith Remember our Sunday-best outfits? As children, we girls wore patent leather shoes, frilly party-type dresses with white gloves, clutched matching patent leather purses, and hats with ribbons snaking down our backs. Hats for women once were a requirement in Catholic churches – can you imagine that today?
