Letters – Page 4

Moms, you’re great like chocolate cake

A love poem from my girls. And this is saying a lot because my kiddos really like their chocolate cake. Happy Mother’s Day!

O Sacrament Most Holy

O Sacrament most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, All praise and all thanksgiving, Be every moment Thine. My dear Madeline, yesterday was the happiest and most important day of your spiritual life! Congratulations on making your First Communion. And remember this: As beautiful as the day was, your second, third, fourth, twentieth, hundredth, and beyond CommunionsRead the whole post >>

Happy Birthday, Flower Child!

Sweet M.E., Happy 3rd birthday, my big girl! I’m late writing your birthday letter this year. I suppose that’s what happens when you’re the third child in a growing family. Both Nana and Gaba forgot to bring their cameras to your cupcake birthday party. “You can tell Mary’s not our first grandchild,” Gaba laughed. True,Read the whole post >>

Lucky 7

Dear Madeline, We made your birthday truffles together today. You request these rich globs of goodness every year, and usually I’m the one who makes them, or I have to be engaged in some serious damage control to make sure you don’t burn yourself on the hot melted chocolate or splatter our counter with theRead the whole post >>

Dear Dad

My dad recently retired from a successful career in sales and marketing. It seemed fitting to share a letter I wrote to him as a part of our family retirement celebration this weekend. Happy Father’s Day to dads everywhere! Dear Dad, Whenever I sift through all of our times together, there’s one memory I alwaysRead the whole post >>