Our son recently began participating in a preschool class for a few special little guys. At our initial meeting with the teacher, she asked me if we “did Santa” since Christmas was coming up since they were planning some Santa crafts. I told her that, while we didn’t really do Santa, we did celebrate St. Nicholas, who leaves little presents at our home on December 6th. To prepare our son for “Santa” I simply told him that some people in... Read more
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Today it was Mama vs. the Christmas Decorations. And I bet you can guess who won. I was almost victorious. I really was. If you were to drive by our home tonight, you would “ooh” and “ahh” over the lights and bows and wreaths and candles in the windows. (And even if you didn’t, you would humor me and offer them anyway! You’re so nice.) You would enjoy our Advent wreath sitting on the kitchen table with shining candles (slightly... Read more
If you had been spending too much time on the computer already, tinkering with photos, if you had given in to the afternoon blahs and had a cup of coffee, if your husband called to let you know he was working late, if he called again to let you know he had decided to skip the commute and sleep at your mother’s, if you were approaching your routine monthly week of insomnia anyway, if all of these things were happening... Read more
There is free shipping at Shutterfly right now, if anyone has digital printing to get done, enter code SHIP25. I have been uploading my photos, hoping to order some prints for some long overdue baby books — they make great 2nd birthday presents, right? Read more
Please pray for my friend and her family! What a lucky little girl! Read more
Since I promised to be accountable to the readers of this blog, here is the post-race update. I think my husband enjoyed nothing more than flipping on the lights at the crack of dawn Thanksgiving morning to say, “Rise and shine, it’s 30 degrees outside!” Mornings and cold are two of my least favorite things and he knows it! After putting on 4 layers and two pairs of gloves and downing a hot cup of coffee, we bundled the protesting... Read more
Happy first week of Advent, dear readers! I was blessed to hear a wonderful homily at the Vigil Mass on Saturday evening, and wanted to share some of the priest’s reflections on Advent with all of you. In all honesty, this was a homily that I wish I could have recorded – the priest did an amazing job of capturing the true meaning of Advent and of conveying to all of us the weight and importance of this liturgical season.... Read more
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen. It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew (30th November)... Read more
If you have a moment, read this lead story in Time Magazine. Are you a helicopter parent? I definitely have some helicopter tendencies. Also, I found this general societal comment interesting: Some of the hovering is driven by memory and demography. This generation of parents, born after 1964, waited longer to marry and had fewer children. Families are among the smallest in history, which means our genetic eggs are in fewer baskets and we guard them all the more zealously. Read more
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