Cee’s illness impacts everything. Worries about what the future holds are overwhelming. I’ve enjoyed being able to escape all that by writing about fluffy topics lately. Library books. Clothes. Fluff. It’s all fluff. Yesterday I posted My Sunday Best and concluded that being intentional about what’s in my closet makes me think about clothes less. While […]
I’m over at Brittany’s blog, Everyday Thoughts, today, talking about the mission trip I took and how it’s impacted me even years later. Yes, it involved puppetry. Check out the details, and say a prayer for Brittany while she’s off on her first mission trip. <3
I took the oldest two to Mass today, so I was able to hear the whole homily. The wheelchair accessible pew was even open. Yay! I tried something new for My Sunday Best. I’ve been watching a lot of Hilary Rushford from Dean Street Society, and one of her tips is shopping your closet for […]
For the past few years our parish has held the Christmas program at the tail end of the Christmas season. Like today. January 8th. It’s nice because the rush, rush, rush of Christmas has passed. It’s hard because lots of people have sort of moved on from Christmas already. (While liturgically appropriate, it feels sort […]
The Zelie Group is launching a monthly thematic linkup. This is a much more open-ended way to stay connected, and I look forward reading different reflections on the same theme. In January we’re talking “quiet.” Feel free to link up your quiet post below. I’ve heard whispers, legends, stories of moms who are able […]
As I’ve been reviewing my life choices and discerning the future, I’ve slowed down my blogging. You can read more about that here if you missed it. But I didn’t want to miss My Sunday Best, because I actually managed to get a picture! Just now I’ve told the kids to “go downstairs and don’t come […]
I’ve taken a step back from blogging. Two steps. Three steps. When Cee’s flare started to ramp up in October and then through the beginning of November, it didn’t get as depths-of-despair as it has in the past in our house. Maybe it’s because we’ve gotten used to how life looks in a flare. […]
This week the Seven Quick Takes over at This Ain’t the Lyceum are paused for a reflection on how quickly things can change. If there’s one thing that a serious illness has taught us, it’s that we can’t take life for granted. The last couple months have been a challenge, but November was […]
Welcome to the weekly link up, Just Enough Info (JEI). The internets can be a great source of community, and I’d love to get to know you better! Feel free to share your answers in the comments or link up if you have a blog. Faith Formation 1. Do your children attend your parish’s religious education program? […]
This is a recycled picture, but the outfit is exactly the same. My kids couldn’t figure out the camera this week, so I gave up after 10 pictures of the ceiling fan, just my head, just my torso…you get the idea. The last time I linked up for My Sunday Best, the title […]