I will forever be grateful to Lisa and the homeschool co-op for putting on Shakespeare plays.  Our kids have memorized so much Shakespeare, just by reading the scripts, being in the plays and hearing the speeches over and over in rehearsals!     A Midsummer Night’s Dream: “Oh what fools these mortals be!”

What an awesome aunt! We love you, Aunt Kimmy!!!!!!

    Mary approached me in tears yesterday.  She asked me if we could talk.  She said, “I have been praying that God would give me the courage to talk with you.”     Oh, poor girl!  I, of course, encouraged her for a long time about how she could tell me anything.  We discussed…

     I am so amazed at how God is calling me to ministry.  I used to think that one day I would maybe write a book or two.  But God has put upon me a very specific calling!  So funny how this week, liturgically, was all about “hearing the Shepherd’s voice!”  He sure can…

    Aunt June took Jake and me to see Tim Tebow last night at a pro-life fundraiser–what fun!  Jake got Tebow’s autobiography autographed (Jake had already read the book, since Aunt Kimmy had given it to him–awesome aunt!!).  Jake got an awesome picture with him!  And here are a few extras!     Thanks,…

     Ron and I had a long conversation last night about how to focus our lives in these upcoming months and years.  What are our top goals?  He has a sabbatical coming up in a year or two, and his opportunity throws into relief this soul-searching question.      He has several writing projects…

     Reading through the Catechism yesterday on marriage and family life (for a particular project), I read about the calling and beauty of married couples having children.  Children are the “crowning glory” of the marriage and of the whole life of the parent, it said. I consented with all my heart to this statement….

     In my prayers this morning, I was absorbed in love for Jesus, and telling Him all the things I love about Him the most.     I was thinking of Him as a man, the “God-man,” but truly, as a person like you or like me.  Then I recalled a text from John Behr,…

    Ron and I have been discussing Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle at great length recently.  I keep asking the Carmelite friars in Dallas to let me become a Carmelite, and they keep telling me “No!” because my family is too young to permit me to fulfill the obligations.  But I keep asking.  In the…

The sunshine, the pool, the flowers–to be outdoors so much of the day is like medicine! (Annie wearing Aunt Kimmy’s gift–the cherry bathing suit)