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May 2016

May 06, 2016
For those who haven't heard the news yet, I'm closing up shop here at Shoved...

April 2016

April 18, 2016
When he was just a baby at his Baptism, the priest handed a candle to...
April 13, 2016
Ella and Erika met at their little brothers' preschool playgroup. Ella was a shy 6-year-old...
April 05, 2016
I was recently sent a copy of the new book Dear Pope Francis to review....
April 04, 2016
Dear Ella, I forgot you in the car yesterday. I carried in the groceries, and...
April 04, 2016
As our 16-year-old son slipped away after dinner to sit in his dark bedroom with...
April 03, 2016
This morning at Mass, my four-year-old sat on my lap staring up at the Crucifix....

March 2016

March 29, 2016
As I watched the new Catholics enter the Church on Saturday night, I wept during...
March 25, 2016
I took my older children to Confession this afternoon. The lines were long with well...
March 22, 2016
I'm a day late in sharing here, but that's pretty par for the course. Holy...
March 21, 2016
My husband and I will celebrate our 20th anniversary this June, and we've decided to...
March 16, 2016
I woke up this morning ready for a nap. By 10:00 I was dragging. At...
March 13, 2016
Many of you have asked me for an update on the lawsuits involving a local...
March 10, 2016
My childhood BFF and her kids came to visit me this week for Spring Break....
March 07, 2016
I gave up all grains, processed sugars, and meat for Lent. I'm Southern, so that...

February 2016

February 29, 2016
A few weeks back, our 8 year old made his First Confession.   It wasn't...
February 25, 2016
There's a friend I was once close enough to that I considered her my sister....
February 20, 2016
Our Second eldest son earned his Black Belt in karate this week. It's taken him...
February 18, 2016
I have a half dozen posts that I have started and stopped over the last...
February 14, 2016
I was having a discussion with my eldest son this evening about God, faith, and...
February 10, 2016
Will you think me weird if I confess that Ash Wednesday is my favorite day...
February 05, 2016
After 14 years of teaching our children at home, I'm done....I think. After all of...
February 02, 2016
This is not the parish I went to on Sunday. It's just a picture from...

January 2016

January 28, 2016
Imagine that there is a child you love. A child born not from your body,...
January 24, 2016
My life often seems to be a dizzying blur of activity - homeschooling, mothering, housekeeping,...
January 14, 2016
Friends of ours are being sued for allowing their children to play outside. Yes, that's...
January 07, 2016
  Every few years in homeschooling circles, people seem to grasp onto one book or...
January 02, 2016
Five years ago today, I wrote a post about my frustration over the portrayal of...

December 2015

December 29, 2015
If last year ended with a scream of frustration, 2015 is ending with a sigh...
December 26, 2015
On Christmas Day, amidst the packages and the baking, the playing and the eating, I...
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