Here’s some wisdom I’m keeping close as I embark on my new life living with four kids under 6. The passages are excerpted from The Child Under Six by James L. Hymes, which my wonderful mom-in-law gave me. The book remains one of my all-time favorite parenting books, but it’s sadly out of print. “TheRead the whole post >>
What I’m Pondering Today…
…and given my recent “restricted activity/modified bedrest” (or whatever you want to call it) mandate, I’ve ample time to ponder. “Our body is a cenacle, a monstrance; through its crystal the world should see God.” ~Saint Gianna Molla Thanks to a friend for sending this along to me.
For a Friend
He Leadeth Me by Walter Ciszek, which I read last year per Jen’s recommendation, was one of those books I marked all over with a pencil and highlighter because so much of it spoke to me. Last night I was perusing old quotes filed away in a “faith/religious” notebook in search of words that mightRead the whole post >>
Word to the Wise on Sleepless Nights
“So when you get poked in the ribs at 3 a.m., or your little jack-in-the-box pops out of bed for the fifteenth time asking how long ’til his next birthday, or you painstakingly choose and purchase the perfect toddler bed but your child refuses to even sit on it, try to see the joke. WhenRead 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 >>