Moe insisted he wanted to be in the picture with me this week, but he couldn’t be troubled to sit still or pose. So here’s the result for My Sunday Best: Sweater, shirt, shoes: Lands’ End Skirt: Lularoe Necklace: Kohl’s superclearance Now, onto Mass thoughts. I’ve heard the Emmaus Road reading lots of times […]
If the fifty degree difference between Cincinnati and home wasn’t enough to jerk us back to reality, the giant piles of laundry from the suitcase was. We are home. “How did it go?” our dear friends and family will ask. “Did you find any answers?” Those are tough questions. The short version: It went well. […]
Countless books and articles encourage moms to “let go” of completing household tasks perfectly and focus on making memories. That’s easy while we’re on vacation in between our doctor appointments. No doing dishes or laundry? Check. Posing with Disney characters? Check. Going to the zoo. Check. At home, it’s another story. I’m all […]
Be grateful for your trials, for they will become your greatest blessings. This message has been on display on a maker board in the hallway of the parish which hosts our homeschool co-op. I’ve had to look at for several weeks now. We have little chats, me and the marker board. I walk […]
“What do you hope to get from Cincinnati?” several people have asked about our intent to see a specialist for our 8 year old daughter, Cee. I’m not sure how to respond. A drug trial? Earlier options for hip replacement? In truth, I’m not sure I’m interested in either option. The […]
Occasionally people say this…and usually I just respond with something to the effect of “Thanks for thinking of us; we’re doing okay.” That’s mostly true. Comparatively, we’re doing great. There are people starving in Haiti, children with special needs in institutions in the former Soviet bloc, and victims of trafficking around the world, all of […]
This post has been languishing in my drafts for over a month. In that time, our lives have been turned upside down with Cee’s latest round of results. I contemplated scrapping the whole post, but keep coming back to how helpful thinking this through has been for me. I share it now in the hopes […]
Okay. So. Let’s recap. Cee’s arthritis is eating away at her joints, and the only straws left to grasp at are in Cincinnati at the children’s hospital there. Their office will call us randomly in the future to let us know when we’re in. Then we will rearrange everything in life in order to make […]
Today I’m over at Everyday Ediths talking about this month’s theme: sacrifice. (Not the weird goat kind, the daily mom kind.) This picture is an oldie, but it fits my thoughts on sacrifice perfectly. You’ll have to head over to Everyday Ediths to check it out. 🙂 We’re off to Mayo with a trunk […]
Thanks for hosting, Rosie! Me: David, will you grab the camera for My Sunday Best? David: Could I take a picture with you? Me: Okay…but who is going to take the picture? Various Kids: Me! I’ll do it! I want to take a picture! We let them take turns. This was the best shot. Poor, […]