Ron is coming home today after 8 days away!      I prayed fervently that the good of the week would outweigh the bad.  But I could not imagine how that could possibly come to pass!  Oh ye of little faith.      This week has been one of the best of my…

     Today we celebrated the feast of Martha of Bethany.  I got this idea from Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families by Monica McConkey.  Since Martha is the patron of cooking, the book suggests that the non-cooks prepare a meal for the cooks in the family!   So we started the day with telling/reading the…

     To be a good Catholic, I have to be a good Platonist.     The world around us, its messages, value system, and goals, are not really real.     What is really real is beyond us, and only the Socratic fool is able to see and know.      Reaffirming my faith means saying…

a horrible, horrible thing!And times 7…WOW!

My Top Ten Favorite Things from the Past Week: 10. That I cannot talk on the phone or get on my computer because Annie loves to suck on the phone and punch her dirty little hands into the keyboard, and scream her piercing scream if I say no (totally adorable, really and won’t last forever!)….

. . .you go through an entire can of spray sunscreen in one application of the whole family!

Jake, Mary, Leigh and I in Napa Valley! Time with Aunt Melia!! A happy mother and daughter! Praying for Aunt Kimmy in the church the day before the wedding. . . A GORGEOUS BRIDE! A raucous party, including a special feature: James Brown (R. Kreiling) and the famous flames (Melia, Kim and Kathryn)! What a…