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  • Resurrection Eggs with Verses
    Faith Holidays Parenting

    Loving Lent

    Fasting and Adding In my previous post I talked a lot about fasting from food. Giving something up for the Lent season is another way of fasting. Here are a few…

  • Lent
    Faith Holidays

    Why Celebrate Lent?

    Growing up Catholic, Lent was a big deal. When I was a child I viewed Lent differently than I do now. The traditions of the Catholic Church were lost on me.…

  • Faith Holidays Parenting

    He Ruined My Life

    During the last 14 years, I have fought hard to forgive Landon’s biological father. It’s been a long road. This week Landon wrote an an autobiography for school, and I was…

  • Edda Marie: Tokyo Christmas
    Faith Holidays Parenting

    3 Gifts

    Growing up our house was all about Santa at Christmas. And it was magical. Truly. We did go to Mass on Christmas Eve, and we always had a beautiful nativity. Jesus…

  • Faith Holidays Parenting

    Christmas Dream List

    Traditions and “Dream Lists” are my favorite. I told my husband, Derek, once that I want our traditions to be something like a legacy for our children. I want our traditions…

  • Faith Holidays

    Thanks Giving

    Happy almost Thanksgiving! As we prepare to gather around our Thanksgiving tables, together with our loved ones, I hope our gratitudes lists would roll off the table. …think of a scroll,…

  • Faith Holidays

    A Ghost Story

    One of the first sermons I heard my Pastor preach was about the Holy Spirit. Specifically, he said something to the effect of, “How can we believe in the Holy Spirit,…

  • Octopus Year 2!
    Holidays Parenting

    Halloween Traditions

    With every holiday there are traditions that I look forward to. Traditions I really enjoy, like halloween traditions. Then there are others that are a bit of a struggle for me. …