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Pulling the Weeds
Pulling the Weeds We are gardeners. We love to see all summer long our vegetable plants grow and mature, and then produce farm fresh tomatoes, green beans, zucchini, cucumbers and all the rest. We work...
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Olympic Fever
Olympic Fever Who doesn’t just love watching the Olympics. This summer, my children have finally caught the fever with me. We’ve watched the women’s sand volleyball, the men’s swimming, the rowing, the...
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For Their Smiles
For Their Smiles I find myself embarking on a new adventure. For some reason, I see myself on new paths each and every year. It’s like God wants me to hurry up, get on board and with the agenda he...
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American Sisters
American Sisters So weeks have flown for me, yes I’ve seen a wave of days flying past me like pieces of a calendar, bit by bit sailing over my head. It’s almost comical, if not a little sad, that so...
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Opening a Window
Opening a Window This being the month of Our Lady, our school organized a kind of Living Rosary, where each bead laid out on the gym floor was marked by a student. Each decade was recited in a...
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Beginning Again
Beginning Again In the past many months we’ve heard the chants of ‘4 More Years’ more times than I can count, and now that the election is over, and indeed we will see four more years, I trust and hope...
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Truth is a Freight Train
Truth is a Freight Train Have you ever been wrapped up in yourself and desperately wanted to get out of it? Have you ever stepped outside yourself, took an objective look at the state of things,...
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Sacrificial Gifts
Sacrificial Gifts As I sit and do a little mental stretching, I contemplate this Advent and season of gift giving. What makes a gift truly sincere, truly meaningful and truly in the spirit that is...
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Being Trusted
Being Trusted For years, it seems, this delicate word, this invaluable virtue has been a battle for me. From deep in my youth, a grave injustice had been inflicted upon me and the consequences of...
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The Mall: Parenting Preteens in Today’s World
The Mall I knew this day would come. Of course. Any teenage girl will want to go to the mall and hang out with friends. I get it, I was once young and carefree like my Thinker is. But, I will also...
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Love They Neighbor
Love Thy Neighbor Understanding the will of God can be difficult. What am I typing? It is not only daunting, but at times simply maddening. It can include excitement at the prospect of His plans,...
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Falling Off the Lent Wagon
Not even two weeks in and I’ve fallen off the Lent wagon. Sometimes, I think I focus my time and energy to ensure my kiddos are making their sacrifices and understanding this liturgical season. And...
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Forming Leaders
Forming Leaders Being in a few social circles as well as active in our Catholic school, we hear often the value of ‘formation’. As a young mother, I remember quite well, when I first heard such a...
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Living in the Now
Living in the Now The past is dead. The future: we don’t know. All we have is the Now. Lent came and went, and just as quickly we saw Easter fly by. We enjoyed our spring break and while things get...
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Finding Each Other
Finding Each Other We had a serious discussion prior to getting married, my Hero Husband and I. I was determined to not marry someone who even believed divorce was an option. So I put my beloved to...
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Mother’s Day Pearls
Mother’s Day Pearls Mother’s Day has come and gone, yes I am aware, yet this past Mother’s Day my eyes were opened to something so uniquely feminine, it deserved a moment of pause. At times Mother’s...
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Medical Frenemies
Medical Frenemies Medical technology is awesome. Truly, I believe it. How doctors can pin point what ails us with specific medical instruments have always baffled me. Even how the most basic...
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Boys into Gentle-Men
Boys into Gentle-Men This summer we’ve joined a pool at a nearby park district. We’ve been there swimming several times now, and it never fails, some young teenaged girls as well as hum, well, more...
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Pack Leaders
Pack Leaders This past week we have added a new member to our family of seven. And before anyone starts to think I am pregnant or just delivered Baby #6, the newest member of our clan is a Yellow...
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How Do You Do It?
How Do You Do It? BE FOREWARNED….. A RANT IS COMING…. I tend to understand why people have the tendency to ask this question…. I get it. I especially get it if the person asking it only has one or...
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