Today is the Feast of St. Maria Faustina of the Most Blessed Sacrament. I have a special devotion to St. Faustina and picked her name for my Confirmation name seven years ago. Our Lord picked this simple religious sister to share with the world His Divine Mercy. When I decided to be serious about my faith, I ...
I first heard of baby wearing around the time I had my first child. I knew or saw a few women from church who used them and I thought it might be something I was interested in doing. I ordered my first two slings from ebay and set them aside for use when Karol was born. After his birth, my midwife showed me a few...
Monday Musings--October 4th, 2010 Right Now: 1035 in the morning, cool and sunny. So cool that I am wearing pants and a sweater. The kids have longs pants on and neither of the older two wanted to sit by the open window during breakfast. (Did I just say "Open window?") This Weekend: Saturday was our 6th wedding...
Last night I had a wonderful phone conversation with my dear friend Jaime. If only the stars would align and we could live within an hour of each other again.That conversation plus the one I had afterward with my husband kept me up way later than I had expected. I am not complaining though, as we were heading to bed,...
Mrs Logue tagged me and as I am chained to the couch nursing, I will, to the best of my sleep deprived brain, ability answer her questions, tag some of my followers and ask them a few questions. 1. How did you decide on your kids' names? All of our children are named after saints (or future saints in the case of...
This one supersedes the house sale prayer request. Would you all say a prayer for our dear friend, Joe Hasser? The Hassers are a wonderful family from Indiana and Mr Hasser is a truly wonderful man. Please say a prayer for him as he suffered a stroke last night. St. Andrew Avellino, Pray for us. Below is the email...
With your prayers! We have a tentative agreement for a contract for our house. Please say a prayer that the buyer's financing is finalized and that people decide that they do not want to back out at the last minute! St. Joseph, pray for us!
Recently I added a few new blogs to my sidebar. The first one is a blog devoted to St. Therese of the Child Jesus. It is full of quote, pictures and information about The Little Flower. If you are in need of a quick pick me up during the day, during times of attack or you just need something to meditate on while...
I will tell you this post will have a bit of too much information regarding nursing and myself, but I wanted to share my story in hopes that it may help other women out there. As some of you know, I have always had difficulty in nursing my wee little ones. With Karol, it was thought that there were latch issues and...