Sometimes it takes an outside perspective to help one realize the blessings around her. This happened to me recently when my mother came to Germany for a visit. My family and I live in a refurbished old apartment building full of US Army soldiers and their families in the midst of a suburb of Frankfurt, Germany. Every family that joins their soldier in Germany these days is required to live “on-post.” This is a precautionary measure since 9/11 and is... Read more
Reading all the wonderful book suggestions for Texas Mommy’s last post, I am inspired to include a few of my latest summer addictions for everything ranging from food to footwear. Since we are all working hard and feeling like we need a break, why not treat ourselves to some wonderful creature comforts that don’t break the bank, but add joy to our days? Here are my top seven picks for Summer ’09: 1) I am in love with my new... Read more
Amongst all this high-brow children’s literature discussion I would just like to share something. This morning my 16-month-old son peed in a clean laundry basket. Standing up, without a diaper, peed in this sterling clean laundry basket and then smiled up at me proudly. I can honestly say that I never thought I would be cleaning two inches of light yellow pee out of the bottom of a clean laundry basket. It was kind of cute though, call me sick. Read more
I’ve taken on a new job. My husband saw it coming when I walked out the door to attend a meeting at our local library. When I returned the first thing he said was, “What did you agree to do?” We live in a small town of 5,000 people where the very edge of suburbia melds into real farm land. Our community library is a shared endeavor at our local high school. It is a tiny little thing. Which is... Read more
Me: Wow, C, those are some really neat Lego creations that you’ve built. I like the cross that you made…Are those men lined up because they’re praying in front of the cross? C: No, mommy Me: Oh, are you thinking of Good Friday when we all lined up to kiss the cross at church? C: No, mom, it’s not like at our house where we’re praying ALL of the time… I guess that’s a good thing, right? 🙂 Read more
We are thrilled to have been nominated for the Catholic New Media Awards! We were nominated in three categories: Best New BlogBest Group BlogMost Entertaining Blog Nominations took place during the month of May, and voting will take place during the month of June. So go on over and vote! You must register with the site to place your vote, but registration is easy and free. A special thank you to all of our readers who nominated us for these... Read more
As Juris Mater and MaryAlice discussed in their recent posts, many of us Builders have been dealing with adversity lately. Personally, I have been feeling pretty down and overwhelmed and my emotional state has a strong physical componenet. Back in early February, I began the marathon of pregnancy in sprint mode–horrible nausea, hospital IV and anti-nausea meds, and even bedrest due to a large cyst. When Easter rolled around, the fog lifted briefly, I was removed from bedrest, and I... Read more
“Sing A New Church” Summoned by the God who made us rich in our diversityGathered in the name of Jesus, richer still in unity. Refrain: Let us bring the gifts that differ and, in splendid, varied ways, sing a new church into being, one in faith and love and praise. Radiant risen from the water, robed in holiness and light Male and female in God’s image, male and female, God’s delight. Refrain Trust the goodness of creation; trust the Spirit... Read more
Okay, so this is probably going to start a firestorm, but after thinking about the comments to the babysitting post, I wanted to talk a little bit more about what it is that we moms are doing to ourselves, and what we are expecting of our families, and why. I think that, for at home mothers, there is a lot of guilt about the fact that we are not bringing in an income, so it is hard to hire help... Read more
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