We just finished Spring Break and I can easily say it was the least relaxing we’ve ever had. We had grand plans to re-roof our house over break, which proved to be immensely more stressful than we’d anticipated. Thunderstorms, tornadoes, and snow...
I’m over at Catholic Sistas today, chatting about pregnancy, Lent, and all that suffering. Head over to read the rest and join the conversation! The forty days of Lent contrast pretty well with those forty weeks gestating a new little life. Both are long, rocky...
Hey, remember this post? When NFP Doesn’t Work It pretty much blew up my quiet little corner of the internet. And did you hear God laughing when I hit the “publish” button? It was uproarious, I am sure. We speak and God says “Hold My...
The school year is approaching and, as typical, I am scrambling on just about every front. We have part of our clan in Catholic school and the others are homeschooled, which mean we have just about every brand of crazy with which to contend. We take schooling on a...
A few weeks ago, we pack our van with camping supplies, a few changes of clothes, and our little family of eight and we hit the road. We said we weren’t stopping until we hit the ocean. We made some stops, but we finally dug our toes in the sand and looked out...