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Open Window

Praying after tragedy and remembering moments from our week (7 Quick Takes)

June 29, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Please join me in praying for all those affected by the tragic shooting at the Capital Gazette.

Embrace the fullness this summer

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

Summer doesn’t always match the picture-perfect image of summer in my mind. Often, instead, it’s full of dripping popsicles, scraped knees, and overtired children who are up way too late giggling under the covers. But it’s full. And there is a richness to that.

Staycationing, card playing, Buettner bucks for summer reading, and more (7 Quick Takes)

June 22, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Going away on vacation is always amazing, but I am a huge fan of staycations, which is how the boys and I have spent our week.

Making a tiny discovery at the Shrine of St. Anthony

June 20, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

As we were walking to our cars, our children were running ahead—the way children do. And we saw them stop to look at what seemed to be a brown leaf floating across the sidewalk.

7 Quick Takes started at 30,000 feet (featuring beer-shaped salami, a button sculpture, a yard sale purchase, and more)

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

I started writing these while on an airplane yesterday, but then I didn’t manage to finish them until today. But it felt a little like being in Green Eggs and Ham. “Can you write takes on a plane? Can you write them on a train? In a car or on a tree…?”

The passenger next to me on the plane

June 13, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

As I was boarding, a flight attendant said, “This is a crowded flight, so we are going to make some friends today.”

When St. Anthony helps you find what’s missing

June 13, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Sometimes we ask St. Anthony to help us find something that is missing. And sometimes we don’t realize what we are missing until we find it.

We need to be more equipped to combat mental illness

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

Mental illness isn’t always something a person can navigate even with a strong, wonderful family and a compassionate friends. It often requires professional help and medication and sometimes switching to different professional help and different medications.

Tears at parent-teacher conferences, science experiments, pantry discoveries, crab cakes, and more (7 Quick Takes)

June 8, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

The night our new cousin and nephew was born we went out to dinner to celebrate—and also, maybe more accurately, because I didn’t want to make dinner. We went to Pappas, where I had the absolutely delicious crab cake.

Welcome to the world, little one

June 5, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Backpacks were packed, shoes were on, and we were gathering things to head out the door when the phone rang.

A field trip, little league, a new flyswatter, chocolate chip cookie dough yogurt, and more (7 Quick Takes)

May 31, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Our sons went on a joint field trip this week, and I got to tag along as a chaperone.

Orange Jell-O

May 28, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

I’m never sure why we have Jell-O on hand.

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