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For those who haven't heard the news yet, I'm closing up shop here at Shoved...

When he was just a baby at his Baptism, the priest handed a candle to...

Ella and Erika met at their little brothers' preschool playgroup. Ella was a shy 6-year-old...

I was recently sent a copy of the new book Dear Pope Francis to review....

Dear Ella, I forgot you in the car yesterday. I carried in the groceries, and...

As our 16-year-old son slipped away after dinner to sit in his dark bedroom with...

This morning at Mass, my four-year-old sat on my lap staring up at the Crucifix....

As I watched the new Catholics enter the Church on Saturday night, I wept during...

I took my older children to Confession this afternoon. The lines were long with well...

I'm a day late in sharing here, but that's pretty par for the course. Holy...

My husband and I will celebrate our 20th anniversary this June, and we've decided to...

I woke up this morning ready for a nap. By 10:00 I was dragging. At...

Many of you have asked me for an update on the lawsuits involving a local...

My childhood BFF and her kids came to visit me this week for Spring Break....

I gave up all grains, processed sugars, and meat for Lent. I'm Southern, so that...

A few weeks back, our 8 year old made his First Confession.   It wasn't...

There's a friend I was once close enough to that I considered her my sister....

Our Second eldest son earned his Black Belt in karate this week. It's taken him...

I have a half dozen posts that I have started and stopped over the last...

I was having a discussion with my eldest son this evening about God, faith, and...

Will you think me weird if I confess that Ash Wednesday is my favorite day...

After 14 years of teaching our children at home, I'm done....I think. After all of...

This is not the parish I went to on Sunday. It's just a picture from...

Imagine that there is a child you love. A child born not from your body,...

My life often seems to be a dizzying blur of activity - homeschooling, mothering, housekeeping,...

Friends of ours are being sued for allowing their children to play outside. Yes, that's...

  Every few years in homeschooling circles, people seem to grasp onto one book or...

Five years ago today, I wrote a post about my frustration over the portrayal of...

If last year ended with a scream of frustration, 2015 is ending with a sigh...

On Christmas Day, amidst the packages and the baking, the playing and the eating, I...