I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but my daughter's favorite color is purple. She'll wear it if it's purple, or sparkly, or is a tutu. She tells me often that she wants a "purple car, purple scooter, and a purple flower umbrella!" for Christmas or her birthday or whatever it is that … Continue reading Advent

Well, ordinary time has come to an end. The every day, ordinary, busy, endless weeks of nothing special are over. Today is the beginning of a new season and a new liturgical year. And I'm making resolutions.First, I'm going to learn the new translations of the responses, prayers, and creed that are now being used … Continue reading The end of ordinary

Toddler dinner parties are fun. Just had a spur of the moment one with a good friend and her two children who are each a little younger than my two. It hysterical. There were actually hysterical toddlers loose in my house (two of them were mine). The kids were laughing and running around, taking each … Continue reading Toddler Dinner Party/Stepping Back

I've escaped for a few days to my mom and dad's house, or as my daughter likes to call it, "Abeea's house!". Papatoes, apparently, just lives here. He only owns "Papatoes truck!" Oh two year olds!It was a restorative weekend. I had loads of time to be a little more quiet, a little more prayerful. … Continue reading Peace

In a drought, so to speak. It's dry, I'm making my way through the days, but I don't know where I'm going right now. Feeling disoriented with all the desert around.This is what happens, I suppose, when things get busy. Busy...that little word that is almost dirty to some. People are too busy these days, … Continue reading Drudging through the desert

After my last two posts a dear woman close to me, who is also source of motherly wisdom for me, reminded me of something very important. She wrote to me and reminded me that: "...We should do all we can to give our children the best childhood possible, but because that is our vocation and road … Continue reading Vocational Mothering

My children are currently squealing at each other from their beds when they're supposed to be napping. But that's OK. They'll fall asleep eventually. Or not. And then we'll go to the spray park and have a blast, and they'll pass out a little early tonight at bedtime.It's funny how much has changed in the … Continue reading Feet Don’t Fail Me Now

It's been a long time since my last post. Thing's haven't been busy, per se, but it feels like there has just been no time to write. I could say it was just the lack of time, but that wouldn't be the whole truth. I simply haven't felt the motivation, inclination, or inspiration to share … Continue reading Breaking the silence

I've been having a lot of realizations recently. Maybe its all the time I've been spending on my own after the children are asleep, but lately the lightbulb has proverbially been going on in some areas of my life that have made the daily grind a bit less abrasive.Mostly the realization that my expectations greatly … Continue reading Recalibration