Kate’s Blog – Page 92

The Best Purchase I’ve Made in a Long Time

“Mommy, can I vacuum some more?” “Knock yourself out, kiddo.”

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?

There was a boy who I thought was the “one.” We met in college – not at some rowdy co-ed party – but at the Catholic Center on campus. Maybe that was my first mistake. I’d so badly wanted to find the “perfect Catholic guy” that I was blinded by bliss and never saw “IT”Read the whole post >>

Rejection, Writing, and Motherhood

This post is for moms, writers, and writing moms. (And writer dads, too, if you’re out there.) From time to time friends or blog readers ask for advice on writing (that is, getting paid to write). I have a generic response in which I share some of my favorite resources and tips for writing aRead the whole post >>

The Picture

The Picture The painter has with his brush transferred the landscape to the canvas with such fidelity that the trees and grasses seem almost real; he has made even the face of a maiden seem instinct with life, but there is one picture so beautiful that no painter has ever been able to perfectly reproduceRead the whole post >>

Spring Chickens & Guac

Don’t let the intriguing title of this post fool you. There’s nothing thrilling about the content. Just a craft idea and a recipe for some delicious guacamole. If you’re a somewhat regular reader of my blog, you’ve probably gathered that I am not nearly as artsy as virtually every other mom a lot of momsRead the whole post >>