Day 1: All 7 of us fly to NYC.  Papa Harville and Granny take the 5 kids to their house.  Ron and I fly to D.C. for Ron’s theology conference.      Day 2: Ron is at the conference, and I have a day at the National Gallery–heaven!     Day 3: Ron and…

Hooray!  My spiritual director. Fr. Jerome, has read the whole manuscript and was so encouraging!  He said that it was a much needed text, very insightful and conversational, drawing the reader in.  He said that the parts on St. Teresa of Avila were accurate and engaging (he teaches Teresa regularly; he is a Carmelite).  He…

   Somehow it just hit me: I got so excited about the little baby on the way!  It is always hard during pregnancy to imagine the actual baby; I am just living with all the symptoms of pregnancy.  But suddenly, it dawned on me: I am going to ADORE this little person!   

    Ron went to graduation at UD.  His semester will be over when he turns in his grades.    The kids and I completed our school year on Friday, ending with the May Crowning for the Homeschooling Families of the Sacred Heart.     And Ron bought me a graduation present–we keep talking about the…

   We are having such a great school week!  Even though I am more than ready to be finished, I am enjoying seeing ALL OUR PROGRESS!  We are having final tests in geography, math, and so forth.  I can hardly believe where we were last fall, and where we are today!  Hooray!

    We are so happy having moved to St. Rita’s church in Dallas.  I finally realized why it is such a good fit for us: Ron and I spent such an important time of our lives at Fordham University, and St. Rita’s is very much like that environment: Jesuit culture, excellent homilies, high liturgy…

   It has come time for me to write and produce materials that might help someone else.  I feel such a strong need to do that!  The baby?  That has been a bit confusing: is having a baby going to slow me down?  Did God want that?  And so forth.  I’ve had lots of questions. …

    It has been a delight to get to bring my manuscript, Metaphysics of Motherhood, to a complete draft!  It has been a year in the making, and 10 years “in the praying.”  I’m giving it to a few people now to look at, including my spiritual director and our priest.  What a relief…