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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.…

  • Oliver Lincoln Newborn
    Faith Parenting

    I Am NOT Enough

    Derek sent me an article the other day. The title read, “Moms of 3 Are More Stressed Than Those with Any Other Number of Children.” Checks out. I replied. Full transparency,…

  • Oliver's Joy
    Faith

    Two Words

    At the start of 2018 I had all these plans. Plans to buy a house, hire a new doctor in our office, more time off for Derek, and sleep train Oliver…

  • 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

    Gratitude Before Hindsight

    Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. Touch, taste and smell your way into the holy and hidden heart of it. For in the final…

  • 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,…