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I love the idea of Mother’s Day: families taking time to honor those special women who have given so much of themselves. My own mother did so much for my siblings and I, that celebrating her generous love for only one day seems inadequate. For many people, mother’s day can serve as a painful reminder […]

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Well howdy there.  Long time no see.  The past two and a half months have been quite eventful here. First up, just in case you haven’t met your quota of geekiness for the day, may I present the following announcement: Yep, our family is about to boldly go into the new territory of having three […]

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I have a custom of writing letters to my children when they are young.  In general, these letters are very personal and a gift that is only shared with the recipient.  Due to the alarming popularity of the “50 Shades of Grey” book and upcoming movie, I decided to make an exception in the case […]

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Like most people, I have to fight the urge to complain.  When things get more and more difficult, I just want to vent about all of the things that make me feel like I am going to lose it big time.   Lately I have noticed something: venting doesn’t help all that much. Now don’t get […]

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That was the question that my almost three year old son asked me over breakfast this morning.  I paused for a moment, taken aback. “What makes you ask that, honey?” I said. “Am I going to die?” He responded, more insistently. “Yes, you are Sammy.  So am I. Every one dies at some point in […]

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. . . or in my case, the husband’s late work nights.  Nathan expects to have put in sixteen hours at work today. Sammy decided to celebrate this by making it his mission to dump out anything he could get his hands on in the kitchen while he was “helping” me make dinner.  Among other […]

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Today, I am so excited to share with you a guest post that I wrote for CatholicHousehold.com detailing my experiences volunteering as a peer counselor at a Crisis Pregnancy Center.  One aspect of my work there involved meeting with women considering having an abortion.  If you are curious to learn what that looks like, please […]

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I have a custom of writing letters to my children when they are young.  This letter is one such example.  In general, these letters are very personal and a gift that is only shared with the recipient.  Due to the alarming popularity of the “50 Shades of Grey” book and upcoming movie, I decided to […]

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The other day I thought it might be fun to do posts on breastfeeding as part of breastfeeding awareness week, so I turned to Google to find out just when it was.  In a serendipitous turn of events, I discovered it is this week.  This post is the first of two posts on my experiences with breastfeeding my […]

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