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May 28, 2008

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Thanks, Julie … and Lisa … and Colleen!

Julie Davis (at “Happy Catholic”) posted her review of Raising Up Mommy … and a bonus review of one of my other books, Let Nothing Trouble You (about Teresa of Avila). Thanks, Julie, for making me such a “Happy Catholic” today! Today Lisa Hendey also posted her interview with me on her “Catholic Moments” podcast. Thanks so much, Lisa, for a wonderful interview! And for your daily dose of adoptive parenting inspiration, I’d like to alert you to this article about the Caviezel’s adoption — I hadn’t realized until reading the article that their two children had such extensive medical needs! I found the link […]

April 13, 2008

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Let There Be … ORDER!

Yesterday the kid switched rooms. I was grateful that, despite the fact that they had different shaped windows in each room, their curtains still “fit” (with a little fudging). Now Christopher has the “big boy” (queen-sized) bed and large room, and Sarah has a little hideaway closer to us. There was a time in my life — right before I moved to Michigan, in fact — when nearly all my earthly possessions could be packed up and moved in the back of my Toyota Tercel. A few boxes of books and kitchen utensils, a suitcase full of clothes (I was living in California at the […]

March 11, 2008

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Mother Envy…

Yesterday as I waited for Christopher’s class to come back so I could take them to the cafeteria, I stood in the hallway and admired an international student showcase. Each student had recorded his family’s story about how they came to America. Flags from every continent on the globe were represented. (To order the flag stickers in this illustration for your next project, click here.)I was particularly touched by the contribution of adopted twins. One child told the story of how they flew on a plane to meet their parents from Beijing … the other told the story of the ancestors of their “forever family.” […]

February 14, 2008

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Does Your Mommy Monster Need Taming?!

Drum roll, please! Simon Peter Press has just released … Raising Up Mommy Virtues for Difficult Mothering Moments Moms everywhere will understand what I mean when I say that there are days when the monsters win. Those seven deadly habits — pride or envy, gluttony or sloth, greed or lust or (in my case) anger — eat away at the soul until the very fabric of family life begins to come apart at the seams. Fortunately, as women we have also been blessed with extraordinary gifts, spiritual antidotes to these sinful inclinations. As we exercise ourselves in virtue — whether that spiritual “weight training” be […]