Today is Momma’s birthday.

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On Becoming A Family

I don’t have many words this week. But I want to share this with you. … read on

Perspective

I was really run down yesterday. Possibly because we had a day-consuming House Blessing event on Saturday. Possibly because T had been doing Startup Weekend all weekend and I had to do House Blessing and Sunday Liturgy with the Babe on my own (um, and the rest of my in-laws) :)… read on

Hey Seester..

I miss you.… read on

Where We Came From

Next door to Macia’s favorite coffee shop is Magpie, a store I could spend all my money in. … read on

Memory Lane

For those of you who know where this is, I’m sure you can understand how awesome it was to show Mace around the place.… read on

A Cousin for Macie

Two months ago, Macia got her first cousin on her daddy’s side.… read on

rose + mary

Sitting in front of the Mary grotto while my Macie Rose played in the sand, I stared blankly at Momma’s huge rosemary bush, following he twisted branches in and out of the center of the bush. It was tough and twiggy–a hearty desert plant. I pinched some leaves off and crushed them between my fingers, inhaling the strong, woodsy scent.… read on

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Mourning, Still

I wasn’t expecting the grief that surfaced when I was alone at Daddy’s house. … read on

Apricots and Sunshine Days

Macia and I picked apricots.… read on

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New York

We had several objectives in visiting New York. … read on

Up To?

Up to? What is she up to these days?… read on

She’s So Beautiful!

Yes, we hear that a lot. I am not ashamed to brag about it either, since we had nothing to do with her genetics.… read on

Babe-isms

When she wants to get down (from her high chair or from the mei tai) she points down and growls: dooooooww… read on

A Poem

..from  my very talented sister. … read on

A Break

I am going to take a break this week. At least from writing. … read on

Looking Back

A friend reminded me of when we first met the Babe.… read on

Walking Along

Yep, the Babe is walking.… read on

Thursday Things I Love

pat-a-pat-pat (telling me she wants to be picked up)

foo-foo-foo (whispered when she’s hungry)… read on

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Sunday, Ice Cream!

Saturday, chicken.… read on

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Red

I remember very clearly how I felt, walking along a sunny side-street in Ravenna, Italy, when I felt the first mild cramping that signaled the beginning of my period.… read on

Come

Peter called out: “Lord, if it is You, command me to come out to You on the water.”

And the Lord said: “Come.”                        … read on

Newly Wed

So many smiles.  Clapping.  Tear-wiping.  Even a little whooping and hollering.  Mr. & Mrs. for the first time.… read on

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In This House of Brede

“Even at Vespers in these days Abbess Catherine, as if echoing the abbot’s words, thought, as the antiphon to the Magnificat was sung, of the Visitation, when the Virgin Mary, with the angel’s announcement beating in her heart, had gone “in haste,” as St. Luke says, to visit her far older cousin. … read on

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