My friend, Jake, wrote this nice blog post regarding a story he heard on NPR regarding the Nashville Dominican Sisters. He was nice enough to include the audio file and the NPR link for the transcript.

Right now…11:25 pm and I am in the kitchen waiting for my sugar to reach 300 degrees, otherwise known as the hard crack stage. Benedict is hanging out in his Bumbo seat and Joshua is offering moral support on the making of candy. He will also be helping me put eyes in the bear I made for my niece in a bit. This...

Right now…10:00 am, cold much too cold for South Georgia. Kids are playing all around me, Benedict is sleeping nicely on the other couch and the washer just beeped at me, pleading for me to keep it full all day today. This weekend… was jam packed! We went to Charleston, SC to visit my sister for two days and had a...

Have you seen this blog? I started reading it a few months ago and have fallen in love. Leila often has posts that are just perfect for me and often are a swift kick in the behind for me to get in gear to do things...or a boost to help me remember why we do what we do in our family! Today she had a lovely post about...

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Here is a shot of the weather at my parent's, here, and at my sisters. Baby it's cold outside! According to Joshua's boss, on nights like this, people in the south put water out, to watch it freeze!

Also the Feast of St. Ambrose, so we had these bumble bee cookies.

Right now...7:15 am. I attempted to get up before the rest of the family and get a few things done. I had Benedict up with me and was feeding him and playing with him a bit when Karol joined us. A short time later, Caecilia came down the hallway...so there went my plans to get things done. Oh well. Karol has informed...