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Open Window

When you can’t do it all

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

I’m carrying grocery bags from the car to the kitchen when I hear our second grader yelling.“Mom! Mom! Can you roll this baseball to me?” Before I can respond, he turns and looks at me. “Oh, forget it,” he says. “Your hands are full.” Then he runs to the door and holds it open. I […]

Cheering for the Orioles, One Beautiful Dream, conversation contests, geeking out, Pokemon, and holy water (7 Quick Takes)

May 4, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Last weekend my uncle gave us two tickets to the Orioles game, so Daniel and I jumped at the chance to go.

Slops for Dinner

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

On nights when my husband is working late, our boys and I often eat slops.

Chalk drawings, children who grow too quickly, and highlights of a full week in rhyme (7 Quick Takes)

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

Let’s wrap up National Poetry Month with 7 Quick Takes in rhyme!

An open letter to the Duchess of Cambridge: In praise of third children

April 24, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Kate, you may think you have this parenting thing down by now, but you are in for a treat. Because now you and Prince William are parents to a third child.

A taste of spring, when mom cooks dinner, a munchkin survey, and frigid baseball fun (7 Quick Takes)

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

Our saucer magnolia tree is blooming! Spring is here, and then it’s not, and then it sort of is. I think we might see some warmer weather this weekend.

Big fat juicy ones, long slim slimy ones…

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

On our morning drive to school it was gray and rainy. It looked like a long, wet, gray day without outdoor recess.As our car inched along in the drop-off line, I spotted a little girl—maybe 6 or 7 years old—bounding along the sidewalk. She was stopping every few feet to bend down to the concrete, […]

Tie tying, homework and all that jazz, learning the Apostles’ Creed, a favorite board game, and more (7 Quick Takes)

April 12, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

My parents sent our second-grader a new tie with a First Communion tie tack to wear, and he could not wait to put it on when it arrived.

Good Enough Is Good Enough: Q&A with Author Colleen Duggan

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

“Writing is such a form of prayer,” Colleen told me. “When I get out of the way, the Holy Spirit can really work through me.”

The first day of baseball season

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

At that first practice, anything and everything is possible. The season lies ahead of us fresh and clean and exciting.

Easter dinner and eggs and bunnies, a half-birthday celebration, and a sign of gratitude (7 Quick Takes)

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

Easter fun, eggs, babies and gratitude.

Yet another reason to sing Alleluia

April 3, 2018
By Rita Buettner
Filed Under: Blog, Open Window

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you didn’t get hit by the Chinese space station.

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