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Showing posts with label Parenting Meditations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parenting Meditations. Show all posts
Friday, June 29, 2018

The Church as Mother

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Today is the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles. As I read the entry for the feast in Divine Intimacy by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

Graces, Math, Practice and Delight

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I'm not one given to sentimentality, particularly not about things like thankfulness on Thanksgiving. Reality is good, but I often find ...
Saturday, November 08, 2014

Those Parents Who Brought Their Toddlers to Confession Today

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I didn't know them, but then again even if they weren't visitors from another parish I am a little bit out of the parents-of-toddler...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

A Few Thoughts on Fasting and Parental Authoriity

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The second thing on my mind about Friday's day of fasting is this matter of a check-up, a little moment of reckoning, where my handling ...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Whose Responsibility is My Happiness?

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Earlier this week, a friend of mine shared the article " 10 Things Happy Families Do Differently. " The picture with it caught my ...
Thursday, December 05, 2013

Trust is the Beginning

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As I was working with my daughter on her math lesson the other day, she taught me about a stumbling block on a spiritual level that I've...
Friday, November 29, 2013

The Power of Managing a Household Well

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There have been a few themes clunking around in my head like stuff you keep in your trunk and keep telling yourself, every time you take a s...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Confessions of an Evolving Unschooler

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So, my kids are really in for it. Who am I kidding -- I'm really in for it. We are homeschoolers. Geez, I hate that term. I used to s...
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Friday, December 23, 2011

Advent 2011, Morning Prayer, and Feasting

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I love Advent. A handful of years ago I really had no better clue than a church-going 8-year-old might why celebrating Advent was significan...
Saturday, June 18, 2011

On the Duties of our State of Life

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Written by St. Claude de la Colombi è re (1641-1682) "The good order of things in the world depends upon the fidelity with which eac...
Tuesday, June 07, 2011

The Purity of a Child

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I love to observe children's unabashed sentiments of friendship. My son is a popular, outgoing boy that everyone seems to love to be aro...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Each Catholic, Called to be a Missionary

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I respect my son as an extremely reliable barometer in my life. He is very good at picking up on things and allowing me to become aware of t...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Of Bicycles and Resurrection

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This week I had an experience that leaves me in awe at the One who orchestrates my life. I couldn't dream this stuff up or try really ha...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Snapping Into Focus

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I've written of late about the flurry of activity I've been in not just recently, but in a more extended sense as well, this rush o...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Integrity and Liberty

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Once again today I heard a homily that was particularly striking. I wish I knew the priest's name to credit him properly; if anyone who ...
Friday, February 05, 2010

Paradigm Revelation

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Yesterday I had an experience that was one of those revealing myself to myself moments. Maybe if I put it more precisely I would say it was ...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Desire

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Yesterday I had a very valuable conversation with my son. I'm going to be circumspect here, so as to respect the privacy of that convers...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Random Blatherings of an INTP Woman

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One of the topics I love reading about is personality types, especially the Myers-Briggs types. I consistently test as an INTP . Not-so-oddl...
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Monday, October 05, 2009

What Experiences do you Want?

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My son often comes out with questions or comments that tip me off-balance for a moment, in a good way, I mean. This morning on the way home...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Philosophy of Liberty

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I've watched this video several times recently. It fascinates me on many levels. In the political realm, it sums up my inclinations qui...
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