Lessons Kids Teach Me

Perspective

Hers: This fish sure has lived a long time.Mine: Uh. Yeah, it’s been like 16 hours since we welcomed it into our family.Hers (showing me a wilted weed): Look at this flower. Isn’t it beautiful? Mine: Well, it’s not a rose, but… Hers (as she throws open the curtains in our dining area): See! Oh,Read the whole post >>

Pit Stop for Peace

I went to confession recently and my penance was to try to make an occasional stop by the adoration chapel. The priest kindly encouraged me to do little things to nurture my prayer life. “Just pay a quick visit, a few minutes or so, and bring the kids.” So last week we made a pitRead the whole post >>

Ode to a Goldfish

Oh, Birdy, your life was but a brief breath in a tank.All too quickly you went belly up and sank.When I tried to get you out with a netYour lifeless body played hard to get. My Madeline, who named you well,(“My fish are Birdy and Golden,” she did tell.)Was so excited about the first petRead the whole post >>

Disappointment

The girls and I had plans for a lovely springtime outing today, but you know the best laid plans of munchkins and moms often go awry…or something like that. The baby woke up feeling like a preheated oven as she burrowed into me. I don’t usually take temps – I live by the mantra thatRead the whole post >>

Poetry Analysis

If you saw the following lines from a poem by Grace Nichols, what would you guess the poet was talking about? Tall and blue true and open So open my arms have room for all the world for sun and moon for birds and stars Yet how I wish I had the chance to comeRead the whole post >>