From the Parent Trap: Charles: "My dear, what are you doing?" Susan: "Making a memory." Charles: "Making a memory?" Susan: "All my life, when I'm quite grown-up I will always remember my grandfather and how he smelled of tobacco and peppermint." We chased the sunset...
Family
Sebastian Eight Months Old
Dearest Sebastian, this post is four months late. Will you forgive me? Time has run away. I thought about skipping forward to your first birthday post, but I want to write down my memories of your sweet first years, even if I am tardy. Eight months has always been a...
Observing Lent and Lenten Meals
Lent is a time to reflect and deepen faith. Many Christians celebrate Lent in preparation for Easter by abstaining from meat. Here are some thoughts about the season and a few recipe ideas for your Lenten meals. Lent lasts a period of 40 days (Ash Wednesday to Easter...
Flying by and pulling up
It's the story as old as time. He's growing up so quickly. I haven't slept, but I blinked. (I'm seriously gonna make a t-shirt out of this!) He is pulling up now and cruising. I keep trying to tell him he has plenty of time to slow down and learn, but he keeps smiling...
The Greatest Showman, Beauty, and Leah Darrow – One Catholic Mom’s View of Beauty
In a rare and wonderful collision of events, I escaped to the theater with Julia and Nate on Sunday to see The Greatest Showman. The next day, I attended a talk on Beauty by Leah Darrow, Catholic Speaker Extraordinaire and contestant on America's Next Top Model. After...
How to Choose your word of the year
I shared with you that I spoke to our MOPS group about how to choose your word of the year. I've been asked to share the presentation with you, and I'm glad to! *The idea of a word of the year was first introduced to me by my dear friend Heather. Once upon a time, she...
WORD OF THE YEAR {2018}
Do you choose a word of the year? Since 2008, I’ve chosen a word to reflect on throughout the year. Last week, I had the honor of speaking to my MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group about how I go about choosing a word. Usually the word is one that I don’t necessarily...
The Elves
In the great Christmas of 2017, the elves failed to make an appearance at first. I was mostly sure that the kids had forgotten and weren't concerned about why they were not there until Riley asked about them. I panicked. It was at least December 12th when he asked. I...
The Winter Formal and another dress story
Julia and Nate had their first dance at school. It was called The Winter Formal. All I can say, is it made me totally want to pretend to be their classmate and go to high school with them. I may have snuck onto the dance floor for the Cupid Shuffle. Maybe. No one is...
December 2017
Goodness, that flew by. What a beautiful month of family and friends and memory making. Please bear with the over the next few days as I try to write everything down before I forget! We've been hit by the flu bug over here, so I'm hoping to steal away a few minutes...