I’m up before the sons, which makes me think I have a jump on the day.
Week in My Life 2017: Wednesday
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Week in My Life 2017: Tuesday
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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
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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)
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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
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During National Vocations Awareness Week, seminarian Tommy O’Donnell reflects on his vocation to the priesthood.
Ooh la la! Let’s have French onion soup for dinner
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We don’t always have the time and money to slip away to a lovely French restaurant. So I decided to make French onion soup for dinner.
Farewell to soccer practice and Halloween, hello to stuffed peppers and November (7 Quick Takes)
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It’s November! How did that happen? I am hearing people mention Thanksgiving as if it’s just around the corner.
Trick or treat: Procrastinating and still mostly winning at Halloween (Five Favorites)
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How is it Halloween already? Here are five tricks-or-treats (you decide) as we head into this fun-filled holiday.
Chaperoning a field trip to St. Mary’s City, our first family hotel stay, a poetry reading, and The Irish Blessing (7 Quick Takes)
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Ever been to St. Mary’s City? I hadn’t gone until this week when I chaperoned a fourth grade field trip there.
How we talk about death with our children
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I am not in any way an expert. I am just feeling my way and trusting that the Holy Spirit is leading us through these conversations.
Meeting new twin cousins, a free car seat, funeral preparations, and a Thomas Merton quote (7 Quick Takes)
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We dropped in on our new twin nephews and cousins this week. They are absolutely precious.
Screen Time (in rhyme)
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A little poetry to mark an ordinary every day memory
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