If I'm not off hiding somewhere with a good book, chances are I'm chasing a kid or a dog or sleeping, because every mom can use a nap! I found Prince Charming and married him, and now we enjoy the idiosyncrasies of life in an old farmhouse. Oh yeah, and we root for the Buckeyes. Every time.Part of the Mary Moment Monday series On September 8, we celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary. Tradition places it on this day because it’s exactly nine months after the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Here in Ohio, the weather is turning cooler and the school year has started. For the last few years, [...]
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A September Birthday
September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Inspired by Mary
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Battling My Worst Fear
September 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Faith
I don’t think I appreciated fear or the concept behind the admonishment to “Be not afraid” until this year. This has been a year of watching a person I love go through a trauma that has shaken our entire family. It’s been a year of wondering how I would react in her shoes, of battling [...]
Rosier Priorities
August 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Faith
Once a week, I spend a morning visiting, praying, and/or studying faith with a small group of women. Every week, I have some excuse as to why I’m too busy, how I’m so overwhelmed, what’s keeping me from attending. Inevitably, I end up going. A very dear friend is the host, so she’s really the [...]
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Accidental Apologists
August 21st, 2010 · 6 Comments · Faith
You know what I hate, more than almost anything? I hate being an apologist. There, I’ve said it. I’ve admitted it. And now you can go back to your regularly scheduled last-Saturday-of-summer barbeque or your back-to-school shopping and forget all about it. I, however, cannot. I don’t intend to show up at a family get-together [...]
A Bouquet for Mary
August 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Inspired by Mary
Wear Blue A while back, I came across something that suggested wearing blue on Marian feast days. So let’s all wear blue today, in honor of a great feast day for Mama Mary. It’s not an overtly crazy thing to do, but maybe when you look down at your shirt (or your jeans or your [...]
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