This year we returned to homeschooling after a much-needed hiatus. Like many families, we homeschooled during the pandemic. Like many families, we almost lost our minds. So, when we decided to homeschool again this year, I seriously questioned my sanity. Crazy? Perhaps. Hopeful? That’s what I’m going with. I have a nagging feeling that we …
Unloading my car after a trip to the local store, I noticed my five year-old son take a tin of lip balm out of his pocket. Lip balm that I’d never seen before. Oh wait, I had seen it. In a little box on the check-out counter. “Hon, where’d you get that lip balm?” He …
Growing up, I remember the overwhelming joy of waking up Christmas morning. That full-body rush of feeling, knowing that this was about to be the Best Day Ever. And without fail, it was. Waking up twenty-four hours later, however, there was the post-Christmas let down. All the fun – the presents, the food, the parties …
A few months ago I sat at our kitchen table, burning the midnight oil as I completed yet another medical intake form. A newly diagnosed chronic health issue had me spending pretty much all my ‘free time’ researching my condition, prepping for appointments, and Zooming with my doctors. In front of me lay an eight-page …
This story was written as a guest post for Chalice US, a Catholic charity which sponsors children and families in need throughout the world. Perhaps it’s obvious that blessings should spill from a First Communion. But our family could not have anticipated the truly grace-full story that follows. Our eldest son’s First Communion was a blessed …
