homemaking, homeschooling, and striving for holiness
Well, folks….Still interviewing and praying on the post about our sisters who can’t conceive or who have experienced the loss of a child. For you, I am researching this a bit more before it comes to print. Right now, I am filled with so… Continue Reading “Pentecost, a Broken Arm, and Babies!”
Family planning for the Christian couple has many challenges. It’s not a simple thing, and it ultimately has to do with opening your heart to the work of being a family, big or small. The infertile couple, the overly fertile couple, the couple that… Continue Reading “Baby Planning, Not Planning, Pregnancy, and Living Open”
It is really easy to say I love to exercise after I am finished working out. Before that, I can say I’d rather go to the dentist, peel potatoes, vacuum the sofa….well just about anything other than exercising. It’s not my favorite thing to… Continue Reading “Exercise, My Love and Hate Relationship”
One of the many beautiful things about being Catholic is the traditional foods that naturally come with the Liturgical Calendar, throughout the year. I really appreciate the different seasons we have that follow the life of Christ. I suppose in part because I’m a… Continue Reading “Friday Fish Fry”
This past Sunday, our beloved Father Pat Egan shared some great thoughts on worrying, and I got to thinking, what DO I worry about? I had never really thought about that. I consider myself a relatively carefree person……And I the more I thought about… Continue Reading “Confessions of A Worry Wart”
The family can survive on ice cream, and potato chips….. and you know this is true Moms and Dads! Do you ever feel like throwing up your hands and screaming, “You don’t love what I cook, FINE, see how you like it when I… Continue Reading “The Grocery Getter Girl”
There is much to say on this topic, and as I’m sure you’ve heard, Pope Francis is driving it home that it isn’t ok to simply isolate ourselves in a Christian Catholic Bubble, circle the wagons, and take cover. Much more is expected of… Continue Reading “Neighborly Love”
The reality sets in this time of year, doesn’t it? There is always more on the list than can actually be accomplished in the time we have… the thrill of everything finally starting up with fall, is fading. But there is still all those… Continue Reading “Home and Schooling and Varmin, and Miracles, and Lots of Books”
This question has been on my mind for a long while. Why do we love bacon, red meat, and dairy products? Do they have sentimental feelings associated with them, like “I love hot dogs, because they remind me of Word of God Community Picnics?… Continue Reading “What Would Jesus Eat?”
A friend recently said this and it got me to thinking, there are a lot of things that sometimes I say “I hate” to! Like I hate police officers when I get a speeding ticket! I also hate lines at the grocery when I… Continue Reading ““I Hate Organized Religion!””