A Reason for Reading

| February 25, 2008

Ok, I have a confession to make: I haven’t been blogging much lately. I’m averaging 6 hours of sleep a night for the past six weeks, and spending most of the rest of my time holding a baby, nursing, directing housework and schoolwork (or attempting to do so), and trying to catch up on the […]

Fr. Felipe on the subject of gum at Mass

| February 18, 2008

“You have two choices. You can either eat it, or you can give it to me and I will give it back to you after Mass.”

I haven’t forgotten you.

| February 15, 2008

Really I haven’t. I’m sorry for not updating sooner, though I hope those of you who are following our soap opera have seen Joel’s update. We will come out of this crunch, after all, but I can’t give details now because of a preschooler yelling “Mommy” from the other side of the door, a baby […]

Lord, we need your help.

| February 8, 2008

We’re losing our house. There is no way we can find a rental for our size family. I don’t know what we’re going to do.

Happy birthday to me

| February 7, 2008

Today I get, not another year older, and probably not wiser, but at least more mellowed and flavorful. How many years of flavor? That’s a good question. If there are no more questions, class is dismissed. Edit/note from birthday … uh… girl: it’s amazing how much wittier my writing gets with my husband knowing my […]

How Gary Ezzo Made Me a Better Parent

| February 4, 2008

It is 3:00 AM, and 4-week old Peter cries. It isn’t a cry, exactly, but a fussy sound of a child who is hungry but not quite wide enough awake to communicate it. I consider rolling over and waiting till he wails, but then I remember Ezzo, and I make myself cheerful about sliding off […]