April 26, 2009
April 26, 2009
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Miracle Mondays: Disdain or Mercy?

Normally for this feature I look for the story of an inspiring mother, who loved despite all the odds. This week I think I found a keeper. Thanks, Sylvia. Disdain or Mercy? I’d also like to thank Mighty Mom for passing on this story of a truly Extraordinary Dad, Ed Freeman, a military hero who recently passed away at the age of 80. At least thirty men survived the Vietnam War because of his courage under fire.  On behalf of both these men — Sylvia’s cousin and Mr. Freeman — I’d like to offer the following. Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, And may your perpetual […]
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December 25, 2008
December 25, 2008
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Might Mom … Wednesday: Merry Christmas!

A mother’s letter to Santa  (from Sarah … A.K.A. “Mighty Mom”) Dear Santa, I’ve been a good mom all year. I’ve fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on demand, visited the doctor’s office more than my doctor, and sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list out over several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my son’s red crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room between cycles, and who knows when I’ll find any more free time in the next […]
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December 15, 2008
December 15, 2008
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Mighty Mom Monday: Hooligan Mass Adventure – Part Deux

Who remembers the Hooligan Mass Adventure? Well, we have a sequel! We’ll call this one: “How the kids behave at 8:00 AM Mass before Preschool” (on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which is why we went to church before school started). For the sake of convience we went to a church that was new to us. The Good: We had an entire pew to ourselves. This was really good during the prayer intentions, as Sugars decided that the missilette books needed to be rearranged in the pew holder. Every … single … one…. So each “Lord hear our prayer” found me taking a step […]
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December 2, 2008
December 2, 2008
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Adoption “Unnatural”?

Hey, Al … Where’s Heidi? If you got my newsletter today, and tuned in to “Kresta in the Afternoon” wondering where I am … tune in again on Thursday! We’ll be having a lively discussion about EMN and adoption at 3:00 EST. Don’t have Catholic radio in your neighborhood? Just listen in by computer by clicking here! This afternoon I was also on Lisa Hendey’s “Catholic Moments” podcast. Right after the podcast, Lisa was leaving to attend the funeral of an eighteen-year-old boy, Russell, who was in a skateboarding accident last year, and finally succumbed to his injuries. Please pray for the soul of this young […]
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December 1, 2008
December 1, 2008
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Mighty Mom Monday: Giving Thanks…

Mighty Mom is back, feeling very thankful … As we enter the Advent season, let’s join her in a moment of giving thanks. (I’m especially thankful that the holiday weekend is over and the kids are back in school!) Ferris Bueller said, “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” So, what has Mightymom been doing for the last two weeks while she wasn’t writing Mighty Mom Monday posts? Cue the music! Sing along with me folks, the tune is “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”… There was retching and puking and cleaning the carpets. washing the […]
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November 3, 2008
November 3, 2008
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Mighty Mom Mondays: Lessons Grandma Taught Me

As is our custom here at EMN, Sarah has chimed in with her weekly post of wisdom and took this month’s EMN Carnival on extraordinary moms to a whole new level! To catch more of Mighty Mom, go to her blog “My Wonderful Life.” Thank you, Sarah!!!   My Grandma taught me … To speak softly and carry a big jar of cookies. The amount of time it takes to put on a pair of knee-highs and keds is exactly equal to the amount of time it takes to start a conversation that’ll last all day. There is never any reason to be jealous, for you will […]
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October 27, 2008
October 27, 2008
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Mighty Mom Monday: “Eek! Mom, Not the Eyebrows!”

Happy Monday!  Every Monday is a happy Monday at EMN … thanks to Sarah (A.K.A. “Mighty Mom.”) Check out her blog at “My Wonderful Life” No MOM!!! Not my EYEBROWS!! So, Subvet was gone providing parkinglot security for the Saturday night Mass and as per the instructions he left, I fed the hooligans&hooliganette pizza for supper. Now, the boys performed their usual magic trick flawlessly, not a bit of pizza left to be found after 2.4 seconds. Sugars’ pizza, however, put up a fight. Apparently it did NOT want to be disappeared and, from the looks of things, fought tooth and nail against such treatment. […]
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October 13, 2008
October 13, 2008
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Mighty Mom’s Silly Slimmers

OK, folks, let’s face it. As we get older we get wider. I don’t know why that happens, but it does. After 3 kids, a combined total of 19 weeks on bedrest, and 2 cesarean sections I got quite a bit wider. “Broad in the beam,” you might say. Yet, when on earth am I supposed to exercise?? I mean REALLY!!?? I had 3 kids under the age of 3 1/2. Sheesh. So, I started doing some very silly little things that would increase how often I used certain muscles throughout the day.
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