As a parent, I’ve never had to see the inside of an ER, but tonight I found myself longing to be there, holding my little one. I knew my daughter was safe in Dr. Daddy’s arms. I knew it didn’t make much sense for both of us to journey to the ER and to toteRead the whole post >>
Queen for the Day
My family gave me the royal treatment yesterday. After church, the girls and Dave made a delicious brunch. Scrambled eggs with cheese and sauteed onions and mushrooms served as the main dish. Later Madeline and Rae adorned me with a handmade crown, and I was bejeweled with a dazzling bead necklace also crafted by preschoolRead the whole post >>
Happy Mother’s Day!
“Thank you, women who are mothers! You have sheltered human beings within yourselves in a unique experience of joy and travail. This experience makes you become God’s own smile upon the newborn child, the one who guides your child’s first steps, who helps it to grow and who is the anchor as the child makesRead the whole post >>
It Takes a Family
This past weekend my husband had a 24-hour call shift, so I was faced with going to Mass solo with a preschooler, toddler, newborn, an armful of religious books for kids, and the requisite monster diaper bag that rivals any trendy, largish purse starlets tote around (then again, are over sized bags still considered enRead the whole post >>
Word to the Wise: On Motherhood
“Motherhood isn’t a test, but a religion: a covenant entered into, a promise to be kept. It comes in one-size-fits-all, and it camouflages flaws like nothing else. How could it have taken this to make me see that [my child] is the one thing in my life that I got right the very first try?”Read the whole post >>
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