Motherhood
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A Mother’s Prayer
Years and years ago when my kids were still little, I came across this prayer in a newspaper (might have been Our Sunday Visitor), that a mom said she prayed every night after tucking her kids into bed. It was… Continue reading
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The Fifth Joyful Mystery: A Tale of Two Vocations
For the past several months I’ve been meditating a lot on the Fifth Joyful Mystery, more than I used to. For one thing, I had been wondering why this mystery is called JOYFUL. Whenever I read or hear the Gospel… Continue reading
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What I Wish I’d Known
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… Continue reading
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Considering Beauty in 2017
Today marks the end of National Woman’s Month. For the past 30 days I’ve been musing about what being a Catholic woman means in 2017, and my wanderings led me… to beauty. I found it rather striking that all three… Continue reading
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The Gentle and Arduous Task of Shepherding Little Souls
Yesterday after supper, the 6-year-old squeezed himself into the space between me and the back of the couch while I tried to catch up on reading. He does this often, using me alternately as pillow, footrest, jungle gym or whatever… Continue reading
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A Marian Study for May
Note: This is a work-in-progress. 🙂 This is our rough outline for a Marian study we’re doing in May, covering art, geography, religion, history and the liturgical year. It’s a combination of ideas culled from the Blessed Mother Notebook Project… Continue reading
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Novena for Homeschooling Mothers
I was cleaning my files out today, and found this novena for homeschooling mothers which I had downloaded from the Internet. I can’t remember where, though, it may have been one of the many mommy blogs I read from time… Continue reading
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Lent, In Which I Read Science Fiction
This is my Lenten penance for the year. I just finished reading Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn. An exciting read, at least it gets exciting about halfway through. I had to drag myself through the first few chapters because I… Continue reading
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Ninoisms
Nino being Nino at 2 1/2. Continue reading
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Simplified Homeschooling for Advent
I am officially TIRED. Starting today and until baby’s here and we’ve recovered, here’s our coursework: Religion: Pray the Liturgy of the Hours with Mommy at 9, 12, 3, 6 and 9.English: Read a book (approved by Mom) and blog… Continue reading
