(As always, please forgive any mental gaffes, typos, etc. below. I wrote this very quickly with ample distraction!) My baby brother, who is actually only 18 months younger than I am but will always be my baby brother, and his beautiful wife just welcomed their first baby into their lives and the world. Meet sweetRead the whole post >>
A life of drudgery or a life of joy?
As part of her 120 Days to Momnipotence Series Danielle Bean wrote about the importance of enjoying what’s going on now. She quoted from The Virtue Driven Life. In the book, Fr. Benedict Groeschel writes: “Enjoy what’s going on while it’s going on. If you go to the supermarket, enjoy it. Don’t make it drudgery.Read the whole post >>
And the living is {very} easy…
What’s not to like about life when you’re reading The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun on the beach while your husband sits beside you keeping his eye on happy kids frolicking in the waves?Read the whole post >>
I need me some rose-colored glasses
The kids and I met my mom for lunch the other day. My 5-year-old was still noshing on her macaroni and cheese (she’s a very mindful and subsequently ssslllloooowwww eater), but Thomas the Todzilla (my name for our super-cute but super-destructive toddler) was getting antsy, so I took him and my 4-year-old outside. They wereRead the whole post >>
Rejoice! I shall say it again: rejoice!
{Gratutious Joyful Child Photo} Bonnie Engstrom, whom I had the pleasure of working with and meeting last year at the Behold Conference, invited me to participate in an Advent series over at her blog, A Knotted Life. It’s one of the few writing “assignments” I said yes to, and I’m glad I did. She gaveRead the whole post >>