Posted on facebook by a childhood friend of mine. He’s a US Marshal in the Houston area. I am asking ALL of my facebook friends to blog on Channel 13 News Houston’s website in reference to the loss of K-9 Blek. Channel 13 news helicopter was asked to remove themselves from the immediate search area 3 times last night. They refused in order to get their story. They got their story. The story could quite possibly have read that the... Read more

  My life is at a time of exciting possibilities. The Computer Guy and I have had many potentialities (is that a word?)presented to us in the past few weeks. Paths which could take us to new places in our family and our life together. It is exhilarating to allow my mind to wonder down the path of “what if.” What if I could do the things that have been proposed to me, could I actually do it? What if... Read more

I overheard #3 talking with his best friend about Christmas and Santa Claus, it went something like this. Friend: “I don’t get that whole Santa and the chimney thing. How does he come down it.” #3: “What do you mean?” Friend: “I mean does he really some down it? ‘Cause last year, me and my brother snuck out and turned the fire on in the fireplace to see what would happen. That morning the fire was still on but there... Read more

There is a part of all of me that will forever be twelve, scabby knees and braces. I can close my eyes and vividly remember the freedom of riding my bike to the pool in the summertime. It was the first time I’d been allowed to go any distance at all unsupervised and I reveled in the freedom of it. I know in my memory the feel of the sun and the smell of the dry South Texas wind. I... Read more

I once heard a rabbi tell a tale about a father and his son. They had fought many years before and feelings were hurt on both sides. The son moved far away and carried on with his life, living as one with no father. The father missed his son terribly and grieved over the loss of his child. One day, the father sent a messenger to his son who said, “Your father says, ‘My son, I love you. Please come... Read more

My post-baby wheat allergy has returned just in time for Christmas. I love to bake and adjust recipes based upon the taste of the batter/dough. Everyone getting baked goods for their presents will just have to live with the taste the recipe person came up with and no special “Mom-ish” twist. Sorry, but that’s life. Read more

#6 and I went Christmas shopping at the mall yesterday. I was looking for gifts, and he was in his sling beaming his toothless grin at an adoring world. He loves the sling because it allows him to meet people eye to eye, and he is a boy who dearly loves people. He often gets ignored or overlooked when people see only the number of children I have with me and not his sunny face. Yesterday he was in his... Read more

My children are leaking goo from every hole in their heads. It’s official. We have the flu at our house. I have it too, of course, but I am The Mom so no rest for me. Someone once asked me if it was better to have them all sick at once or one after another. I tend to lean towards “all at once”. It’s like ripping off a band-aid. It’s painful, but you get it over with. It’s days like... Read more

Today is the annual Christmas party at the Computer Guy’s company. I know it’s silly, but it’s a day I look forward to all year. It’s the one day when I get to get dressed up, not church dressed up but cocktail party dressed up, and go out with my sweet husband and be grown ups. I bought my dress in September. I couldn’t even wear it then, but knew that if I kicked my own butt hard enough I... Read more

We, as Catholics, profess our faith in many ways. We profess it through word, deed, and through the Sign of the Cross. When we profess it through word, we answer as Peter did when he was asked by Jesus: “Whom do you say that I am?” Peter replied, “Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.” When we profess it through deed, we assist at mass, receive the Sacraments, genuflect, and fold our hands in prayer. We use the... Read more