Annie is seven.  She came home from school on Friday with big news: Luca likes her.     Today, I found a note she had written to her sister, Leigh.  It says: “Leigh, don’t tell anyone but. . . (unfold here).”  Then, inside, it reads, “Luca likes me!!!!!!!!!!!  (frowny face with tears coming down)…

  I am relishing each day, as I know these days with all our kids at home are limited.  Jacob will go to college in 2 and a half years. 🙁   I took Jacob and Clare to get flu shots–and we decided to make the most of it and get frozen yogurt (even though…

   Baking and I are not friends.  When I bake something from scratch, it always turns out too dry, too hard, or too crumbly.  Despite that, I got a wild hair to bake something.  I dug up an old recipe for brownies.  From scratch–this is daunting to me.   Sebastian and I pulled out all the…

   What a relief!!  For the first time in three years, I am seeing a tiny bit of progress with Sebastian!He is an “alpha”–our most intense, headstrong child.  I’ve never seen anything like it.  And I’m too old and tired to have my hardest child in my mid-40’s!  Its a major struggle.  Daily.    Well…

  What a blessing!  Ron and I had a a whole week of celebrating, thanks to Mom and Dad who watched the kids for a weekend!  Then, on the day itself, we had a family feast.  Such a joy!  I love my family!  Thank you, Lord!

“Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor… Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness…

“God’s love is like that of a foolish shepherd who leaves the 99 sheep in order to search for the one that has been lost.  It is like a woman, who for the sake of one lost coin, sweeps every corner of the house and is not satisfied until she finds it.  God is like…

     Today is a huge day for Catholic mothers.      First, it is the feast day of Mary Mother of God.  Today we celebrate the vocation of motherhood being re-made, given a spiritual dimension, given eternal and infinite significance.  It is the real Mothers’ Day.  It is the day that I remember how…