Question: What happens when you mix two eleven year olds and slime?   Answer: Slime–which is a bit like bubble gum–in hair! It took two of us half an hour to get the slime out of her hair!  We used vegetable oil to loosen up the slime and then we scraped it out with our…

    Lord, thank you for this celebration of mothers.     Thank you for my own mom, who is a treasure and who has blessed me in unspeakable ways.  Imagine, a woman bringing me into this world!  Raising me up, from my tiniest infancy!  Holding me, feeding me, attending to me as I took…

    May 13th is the centennial of the appearance of Mary to three children in Fatima.  Mary’s message was a call to conversion and prayer.  My love for Fatima is that the appearance, in 1917, was at the end of World War I.  To me, Mary was powerfully interceding for the end of war…

My wonderful spiritual director had this to say to me today: “The best spiritual director for you–too bad she is long dead–is Flannery O’Connor.”     I love his wit.     So I am going to be reading her works as a close second.  

    Today I almost despaired. . . another temper tantrum!  At two and a half, Sebastian threw himself to the ground when I told him he was not allowed to have a cookie.  Ugh!  My patience for his screaming and whining is thin.    What I am clinging to, as my mood boost, is…

   We named our girl Anne Therese, after St. Anne and St. Therese of Lisieux.   It is astonishing to me how much she resembles St. Therese!  First, also the fifth child in her family, she has all the emotions and intensity of little St. Therese.  Second, she has longed for her first communion like no…

   Happy Birthday, Precious Annie!   Never have I seen a child more excited about a birthday–she has awaited this day for so long! We love you, Annie!