A Mary Christmas

This past week we celebrated the feast of St. Nicholas.   The kids awoke to see a few goodies in their shoes in the morning:  new books!   As we read each story, I was surprised that one in particular, seemed to be directed less at the kids, and more towards busy mamas in the [...]

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A Big To-Do for Mary (and a New ‘Do for Mom)

Happy weekend!  I hope you enjoyed the abbreviated week.   Saturday is the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in other words: Mary’s birthday!   The boys will be gone all day due to scouts, so we celebrated early.    I bought fresh roses for Mary (she is sometimes referred to as “Mystical Rose”).  Pretty [...]

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