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Life as a Catholic wife and mother

Small Successes for This Week

1. I got Little One’s Baptism scheduled. Hurrah! It’s scheduled for Divine Mercy Sunday, which I think is a totally awesome day to be Baptized. 2. Elise and I have been sleeping in and I’m trying (hard) not to feel guilty about it. I’ve been sleeping in pretty regularly now, which I’m assuming is due [...]

St. Scholastica

Today is St. Scholastica’s feast day. The twin sister to St. Benedict (you know, that guy who founded the Benedictine order and I have a high regard for), she is most notably known for founding the nun compliment to St. Benedict’s monks, as well as praying for a storm to occur so her and her [...]

Flashback!

Since my OB has given me the green light of “if you go into labor from here on out, we won’t stop it”; I decided to get the carseat and snuggle nest washed and basically do the last little things that need to be done. While bringing them out of storage, I found this: Holy [...]

Mind vs. Heart

Matthew 6:25-34 really needs to be my focus for the next 5 weeks. I have been overwhelmed with worry and anxiety, mainly with Little One. Everything is fine, fine, fine at the last pre-natal appointment; but I’m overly concerned about whether or not the baby is head down. My OB will check at the next [...]

Book Review: Never Give Up – My Life and God’s Mercy

I’ve had this book read and sitting on my desk, reminding me to write a review for it for a couple of days now. I’ve been chewing it over, thinking about it – it’s a fantastic book, first off. Mr. Janaro writes his testimony of suffering (Lyme Disease + depression + obsessive compulsive disorder) in [...]

Seven Quick Takes

1. My drama with the insurance company change in coverage of generic Zofran (here and here) appears to have gone to a new level. The B6 works, but not as good as I was hoping it would – I’ve had some massive throwing up this week and due to too much nausea today almost got [...]

Small Successes for February 4th

1. I delinted the bathroom today! Our dryer vents into the bathroom, so I’m forever delinting most of our little apartment. The bathroom is especially frustrating, as lint gets into everything and eventually it’s like walking into a sock, or perhaps someone’s navel. I finally had enough (or maybe had some nesting energy) and delinted [...]

A Loss for Words

I’m sure to most people, I come off very cold. At least, at first. I’ve always been shy and definitely not a “people person” (groups of people wear me out, honestly). I have a lot of social anxiety and despite many sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy in college, it’s still something I struggle with. You’d [...]

Not all Roman

From the “people who can say it better than I ever will” department, Understanding the Churches and Rites of the Catholic Church. A snippet: The average Catholic – as well as the average non-Catholic – believes that the Catholic Church is one monolithic church, with one way of celebrating Mass and a single hierarchy which [...]

Preparing for Lent

With Lent right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about how we’re going to celebrate it in our little domestic church. The birth of Little One is right in the middle (well, almost) of Lent; so that kind of puts things into a whole new perspective. The biggest question I would like answered [...]

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