Today the Most Reverend Liam Cary will be ordained a Bishop!Deo Gratias! Father Cary is the priest that provided most of our marriage preparation and married Hubby & I back in 1999! I had so wished that we would be on our way to the ordination...
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life. ~{pretty}Hubby gave me two pretty new hanging baskets with flowers for Mother's Day. I was so excited, I've always wanted a couple for our front porch, and I especially love that the baskets have...
This past Thursday afternoon we had our 6th Little Flowers Girls' Club meeting for Wreath IV, which just leaves one more meeting to complete all four wreaths of the Little Flowers program!! Originally I thought I would go back and start over at Wreath...
"The tree of life my soul has seen, laden with fruit and always green.The tree of natures fruitless be compared to Christ the apple tree. I'm weary with my former toil. Here I will sit and rest awhile. Under the shadow I will be of Jesus Christ the...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to...
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life. ~{pretty}Pretty cupcakes, all ready for today's Little Flowers Girls' Club Meeting. We will be studying St. Therese and the Gift of Piety! {happy}Have you seen the May edition of Catholic...
Our family recently attended a field trip to an Animal Rehabilitation & Information Center which cares for over 1,000 wild animals every year at no charge to individuals or organizations. When we arrived they asked everyone to break up into 4 groups of...
I recently was asked to read and review the book Past Suspicion by Therese Heckenkamp. The author, a home-shooled student from Wisconsin and originally Australia, was only eighteen when she completed her first draft of this book, finishing...
Outside my window...I am actually sitting outside my window at the moment! The weather is perfect (sunny with a high of 86˚) and we are enjoying the sunshine. Even though today is suppose to be the warmest day of the week, we are all very happy to have a...
Your works, O Lord, are manifold and wisely made, and well!You fill the world with forms of life more than our tongues can tell. Oh, yonder lies the rolling sea with life of ev'ry sort,and in it lives Leviathan, whom you have made for sport.These look to you and...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
