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The 2018 Sheenazing Awards - Nominations are CLOSED!
After a two tear hiatus I thought it was finally time to bring back:The Sheenazing Awards are named for Venerable Fulton J. Sheen and are my attempt at honoring one of my favorite saints while...
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The Pray More Healing Retreat
Hey friends, got a little fyi for you:I had the incredible honor to be part of the first ever online, self-paced Healing Retreat from the wonderful people at Pray More Novenas.The retreat includes a...
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Voting for the Sheenazing Awards is OPEN!
Ladies, Lords, and Gentlemen: Thank you for participating in the 4th Occasional Sheenazing Awards! We are here to acknowledge and celebrate all the people who put themselves out there on the wild west...
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WINNERS for the 2018 Sheenazing Awareds
Thank you to everyone who voted in the 4th Occasional Sheenazing Awards and Congratulations goes to the winners! The winners and two runner-ups are listed at the top of each category. If you see them...
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The Last Bits of Summer
This will not be a sentimental post. The weeks before the kids go back to school are super stressful and overwhelming to me with the overload of errands, appointments, paperwork, and more. The house is...
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Letter Writing and Prayer
What a horrible, hard week it has been.I read through much of the grand jury's report on the sex abuse scandal in the Pennsylvania, which really just showed us all how deep and dark and disgusting...
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Sackcloth, Ashes, and Acts of Reparation for Our Lord
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. The first stanza from...
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Back to School + a Giveaway
The kids went back to school and I have been humming "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" for over a week. Each year I snap pictures of the kids, all shiny and ready to go. JF's picture looks a bit...
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The Pelican and the Phoenix
St. Maximilian Kolbe loved Mary and her Immaculate Heart. He loved her passionately and spent much of his life leading people to love Mary so that she could lead them to her Son with a more perfect...
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Book Review, Autumn Playlist, Costumes, & GF - a Potluck Post
It's been awhile since I've chatted with you, unless you follow along on Instagram, so I thought I'd give a quick run down on all the little things I've been doing. I call these my Potluck Posts...
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There's a pattern
Baby #1 - lost early in pregnancyBaby #2 - GirlBaby #3 - BoyBaby #4 - BoyBaby #5 - GirlBaby #6 - BoyBaby #7 - BoyBaby #8 - GirlBaby #9 - ???Due in mid May 2019!We are so happy!
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A Response to President Emmanuel Macron
I don't speak French so maybe I missed some nuanced reasoning in French President Emmanuel Macron's comment, "Present me the woman who decided, being perfectly educated, to have seven, eight or nine...
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Advent Care Package Giveaway
Photo by Caley Dimmock on UnsplashCongrats to Bailey P and Margaret A who won the Giveaway!!!And once again, a huge THANKS to all the small businesses who donated their goods! You guys are the best and...
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Our Harry Potter Birthday Party
Over the summer we introduced our kids to Harry Potter and they were very pleased to make his acquaintance. We checked out the audio books from the library and the kids were entranced. As we finished a...
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Ben: I can't wait until tomorrow.Me: What's tomorrow?Ben: School.Me: Is MJ awake or asleep?Jofis: She's wide asleep!Resa telling me the story of The Boy Who Cried WolfMe: So what's the lesson we can...
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Advent: Ever Ancient, Ever New
I know that people will do what works for them, but what works for me is to have times of feast and fasts, flurries of bustling followed by blank spaces. After the abundance of autumn, with its...
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How We Watch Elf
Each December the family sits down and watches Elf together. We watch it in a special way and as I was telling some friends about it one said it needed to be on the blog. So here it is, how we watch...
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Look Back (2018 was a good year to me)
In 2018 I had two words for the year, but for me the were linked and essentially told me to do the same thing. BE came from prayer and BLOSSOM came from Jen Fulwiler's word generator. After a hard,...
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He can heal that, too: my word of the year
I started looking for my word of the year in Advent, wanting to start the liturgical new year with an idea of what God was planning for me. My word from Jen's generator came easily: fearless. It was...
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A Special First Confession
Our miracle baby made his first confession last night and it was incredibly special. His big brother helped him pick out some nice clothes. His older sister encouraged him. His godparents prayed for...
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To The End : a Lenten Devotional from Blessed Is She
Well ladies, it's here. With Ash Wednesday just around the corner, Blessed Is She has released its Lenten devotional To The End: the story of sacrificial love. This beautiful devotional accompanies us...
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I'm that mom you dislike so much, sitting in the front pew with my unruly kids
"There is something in Catholic Church culture that insists kids belong in the sanctuary for Mass. I must say I don’t totally understand it, but it is definitely a Catholic thing. Part of the thinking...
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Our favorite books for liturgical living
One of the talks that I give is on liturgical living, and it's a favorite topic of mine to talk about. I think our Catholic faith is so beautiful and joyful and even, at times, quirky and I love...
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Getting ready for Lent
We're getting ready for Lent here.All the hearts and garlands and twinkle lights are put up. Surfaces are dusted. The last of the ice cream is being consumed. We've begun to discuss, as a family, what...
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I have an announcement to make
I WROTE A BOOK!I've wanted to tell you guys that for the last five years. And WOW, it feels good to finally say it.What's it about, you ask? Well, it's the story of James' birth and (alleged)...
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