From the monthly archives:

April 2010

7 quick takes- Grace’s birthday edition!

April 23, 2010

And now I present to you, my 7 favorite Grace Philomena memories
1.
Giving birth.  I pushed and pushed and huffed and puffed and I didn’t quite blow down a house, but I birthed a baby.  It’s a pretty magnificent thing!
2.
Sleeping with her on my chest on the couch.  Someone didn’t want to sleep on her back. [...]

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What kind of mom are you?

April 13, 2010

In one season of America’s Next Top Model, Tyra asks the 10 or so girls what their “future goals” are, meaning what do you plan on doing when you’re done modelling?  One girl, Joanie, said she thought being a mom was a super important job.  So for the photo shoot they all got to be [...]

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Green Clean

April 10, 2010

This is the month of spring cleaning and blogs are really pushing out a ton of GREAT information on Going Green.  Personally, I’m not an “environmentalist”.  I think it’s important for us to be stewards of the Earth and I think it’s important to keep ourselves healthy and safe.  So what does this mean for [...]

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Customs

April 6, 2010

No, no, not the customs that you go through when entering a country (and that brings back memories of trips to Canada for dancing and gambling).  Rather the customs of our prayer life, our faith, our families.  Our traditions (small t, not big T!).
On the Monday of Holy Week I was able to attend one [...]

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