Our family recently enjoyed the downtown Christmas parade and Festival of Lights. As the parade was drawing to an end, hoards of children were waiting for the prized float with the man to come down the lane. When Santa turned the corner in all his white-bearded, red-suited glory, children everywhere started to squeal. “There heRead the whole post >>
It is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost…
…Matthew 18:14 As longtime readers of this blog and my writing know, I’m a big advocate of including children in worship. But lately – as in for the past six months or so – I’ve either dreaded bringing my 2-year-old to Mass or simply avoided bringing her. My other girls both went through a difficultRead the whole post >>
The Age of Innocence…Poof! It’s Gone!
This morning I was curled up on the couch with the girls reading them The Oak Inside the Acorn by Max Lucado. In the story, Little Acorn is afraid of leaving the safe, strong branches of his mother, but she comforts him saying, “It’s good for you to be here with me now. But whenRead the whole post >>
Holding On
During a recent homily, the priest said that in order to fully appreciate and understand poetry, you have to slow down. The same is true for motherhood. If all we’re doing is racing around from one activity to the next, our days can easily become an exhausted blur. If we’re too focused on the messesRead the whole post >>
More Quiet, Less Grinch
Do you love this time of year but also find yourself feeling frazzled? Me, too. Join me over at Faith & Family LIVE! as I try to reclaim the peace that is supposed to be at the heart of this season. Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception!
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