The Problem with Humility
Image: Daniella K It's the hardest lesson to teach, and it's the one I just can't seem to get right... but teach it I must. After five years, I'm rereading Kristin Lavransdatter, and I still wanna smack her and hug her all at the same time. Such pride! The willfulness...
The Grace of Not Being Enough
Finally started working on this puzzle first Sunday of Advent. Bought it several years ago on Mel's suggestion. In November the hubby, the big kids, and I had the pleasure of attending Leah Libresco-Sargeant's talk on her book Building the Benedict Option (Amazon...
Advent Thoughts from Years Past
Image: Julian Hochgesang I was going through my unpublished drafts and came across these two, so I'm publishing now as part of my digital decluttering efforts: Unfinished Draft From 2011: Two weeks ago I finally tackled the kitchen island that hasn't been decluttered...
A Cancer Diary
Before I begin, let me say that I have NOT been officially diagnosed with breast cancer. I've had some troubling symptoms, and got a thermogram November 8. Image: Kien Do Here's an article on breast thermography. Got the results on November 22 and my left breast is at...
The State of Modern Education
From Norms and Nobility by David V. HicksUnlike Aristotle, the modern educator looks upon observation, not reason, as the starting point; and he distrusts the classical school master’s tolerance for normative questions and for the use of methods appropriate to such...
Breakwater Studios’ That’s My Jazz
One of the most beautiful documentaries I've ever seen. What a tribute to fatherhood.
What I Wish I’d Known
Image: Rebecca Peterson-Hall SAVING GRACE you don't do it for yourself you don't do it for your kids you don't do it for your husband you don't do it for company you do it for God God sees God hears God knows even when no one does even when no one understands or...
Weekend Recap / Brain Dump 22 September 2019
Sunday afternoon. Bong's ironing clothes for our Prague/Vienna trip :D, Paco just got home from being with SSP folks, Nino's waiting for Yena to wake up so they can play Lego Star Wars. Migi's coming home tonight from DC (visiting Annie). Went to Mass at 10; the...
Revisiting the HP Dilemma: What’s A Parent to do?
Sea of books. Currently reorganizing the collection; the Literature section will eventually be sorted by author. I hesitated writing this post for my friend because almost every single discussion I've seen or been in online about HP eventually devolved into personal...
Mothers, Daughters, Rape, and Abortion
Image: Liana Mikah You've seen all the articles on abortion going around. You've seen all the pro-choice and pro-life arguments. I'm addressing this to the mom who has daughters, wondering if she could counsel her daughter to keep a child, should her daughter get...
Remembering Papa
My earliest memory of Papa is of him sitting on the side of his and mommy’s bed, in the early morning hours when it was still dark, praying. He left all of us a legacy of faith. It was at his side I learned how to sing the Filipino Pasion, which according to...
I Need to Write Again
I haven't written regularly since July of last year. February was my last blog post. Somewhere along the way, I thought, maybe July would be a great time to start again. But here I am. I've made notes upon notes in my planner of topics I want to write about, and...
Q&A: How should we, as atheist parents, talk to our kids about god and religion?
Answering as a Catholic here. 🙂 Even people raised religious have to own their faiths at some point. Every religious person at some point in their life questions why they believe what they believe, and whether they will continue believing, or question more, or stop....
Life Begins at Conception
This was a compilation I put together in 2012 for our homeschooling group. ----- in case it helps. some references. At the moment when a human sperm penetrates a human ovum, or egg, generally in the upper portion of the Fallopian Tube, a new entity comes...
A Character Report Card for Catholic Homeschoolers
We’ve been using this character report card sporadically for a while now. We updated it recently so we can use it with the 9-year-old who needs this kind of guidance and self-monitoring at this time. So I thought I’d share with other homeschoolers who might be able to...