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.
My latest column at Today’s Catholic Women is on Our Lady of Mental Peace. She’s a new favorite Mary of mine.
I’m also over at Faith & Family Live with “Turning to Mary for Comfort.”
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This week’s Mary Moment Monday is inspired by a question a Facebook friend asked me recently.
I am writing to ask you your [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Today’s Catholic Woman'
Mary at Cana
January 25th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Inspired by Mary, writing
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Expectation and Martyrs
December 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Inspired by Mary, writing
There are, my calendar tells me, only four days until Christmas. It seems appropriate, then, that on December 18, the Church celebrates Mary as Our Lady of Expectation. I’m celebrating her all week. It’s a title that speaks to my to-do list, to my Advent silence, to my longing for Christmas joy.
She must have been [...]
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The Guadalupe Daybook
December 14th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Inspired by Mary, daybook, writing
Mary this week: I’m a big fan of Our Lady of Guadalupe, so I guess it’s no surprise she’s the topic of my columns at Faith & Family Live, Today’s Catholic Woman, CatholicMom.com, and Examiner.com. And you know what? I think I could keep going about Our Lady of Guadalupe, and maybe I will (though [...]
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A Bits and Pieces Mary Monday
December 7th, 2009 · 19 Comments · Inspired by Mary, Mary Moment Segments, podcasts, writing
It’s hard for me to have a favorite apparition of Mary – as I went from marveling at the “basic Mary” (Mother of God, I suppose) when I first became Catholic, to hearing the different titles and stories associated with different areas, I found myself finding something special – something to relate with – in [...]
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Mary on Mondays
November 30th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Inspired by Mary, writing
Mondays have been a special Mary day for me for quite a while, most of the year, in fact, because that’s when my columns at Today’s Catholic Woman are usually live.
There’s something about starting my week with Mary. I’ve never been a hater of Mondays the way most of the world seems to be; for [...]
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Joy from Mary
November 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Inspired by Mary, writing
I grew up at a camp, and I could regale you for hours with tales about the adventures that brought to my childhood. I know a host of sing-along songs, and I can’t see anyone with their elbows on the table without the tune to one of them starting in my head.
As I grew older, [...]
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Making Diamond Castles of Old Farmhouses
November 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Inspired by Mary, family, writing
One of the best things about life with my four-year-old is the surprising results of her imagination and enthusiasm mixed together.
She doesn’t see the limitations of life the same way I do, and it’s a great lesson for me, though it’s also annoying at times.
“Mom, our house is a diamond castle,” she’ll begin, “and the [...]
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Mary Linking
November 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Inspired by Mary, Mary Moment Segments, podcasts, writing
My four-year-old finds beauty in everything. Maybe that’s just one of the many reasons I’m inspired by her all the time. Maybe she’s the reason I write so much about Mary. She was born on a pretty important Marian feast, after all. (On the other hand, maybe she was born on a major Marian feast [...]
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A Mary Moment Monday
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Inspired by Mary, writing
Yesterday, I felt as though I was carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. Maybe it was just general exhaustion catching up with me and making me weary. Maybe the dog’s car chasing antics were the last straw. Maybe I was just having a bad day.
What was that weight? Could I put it [...]
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Queen of Saints and Rosary Failures
October 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Inspired by Mary, Mary Moment Segments, podcasts, writing
This week, I’m geeking out on Mary with the Queen of All Saints and rosary failures.
On the one hand, we have my beautiful daughters, one who’s a spitting image of a younger me and one who’s a spitting image of my husband (who is quite the handsome fellow!). When people tell me, quite infrequently, that [...]
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