Habemus Papam
A day in 2005. I was a new mom, a fairly new hand at parish secretarying, and still very much a...
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Category: Memories
Holy Sweat Socks, Batman!
Last week, my 8th-grade niece was attempting to stop my life in its tracks with her request for help with a seemingly impossible math assignment. My husband, who is Mr. Math Help Extraordinaire, was working late. My kids, who...
Read MoreA Double Celebration
Eight years ago, we planned a big party. Eight years ago, he waited for me at the end of an aisle. Eight years ago, we knelt beneath the Cross and sealed our happiness with a Sacrament. Eight years ago, we exchanged rings. Eight...
Read MoreWhy We’ll Own Secretariat (the movie)
We aren’t real big on movies. We watch them, mind you, but we tend to have favorites and there’s a distinct pattern to what we like. Going to a theater just isn’t fun for us, as a couple, the way it is for many...
Read MoreSnow and Mary
I remember it as one of the most special Christmases ever. It was the Christmas my youngest baby was in my arms and my oldest child was a sibling…both for the first time. It was the Christmas family came visiting from 1500...
Read MoreMemories in the Making
–1– Is there anything better than the sound of a toddler giggling? She giggles with abandon, throwing her head back, and asking for “more” if the giggling was inspired by tickling. We can make faces, we...
Read MoreChristmas Bits
This is a post for me, though you’re invited along too. I want to remember all the little parts of this year’s Christmas, but if I wait until I have a “proper” post, I’ll have forgotten half of it....
Read MoreFor the Love of Apple Pie
Image sourceApple pie holds a place of honor for me, though it isn’t really my favorite kind of pie. Apple pie brings back memories of the orchard where my grandparents lived through my younger years, of running through the...
Read MoreOnline Retreat Week 11: Our Response to Love
Image sourceThe Week 11 guide for the Online Retreat in Everyday Life is here.I remember it clearly. He was picking me up from the airport and had suggested stopping by the Ohio State campus for a walk. He was on the brink of...
Read MoreJoy and Sorrow
This weekend, we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King. There are all sorts of good things you can read about that, and you don’t need to surf far in the Catholic blogosphere to find all you could ever want to know.I...
Read MoreThe Color Purple
This year when we made grape jelly, I took quite a few pictures. I wanted to capture it in a way that, I was afraid, words wouldn’t. I wanted to be able to look back and recall the way her hands looked, the stories my...
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