One of my Dad’s favorite Hollywood stars was Dean Martin.Since my father’s passing, you can frequently hear Deano being piped through our house as we have family after-dinner cleanup or random dance parties. It’s a fun way to introduce the kids to his music, and also think of Grandpa. As I was uploading the pictures … Read more
The Sacred Sink
In Honor of Mother
Today is the feast day of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. It’s a good opportunity to recommendation the book “Come be My Light, The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta.” You cannot read it without coming away inspired and in awe at the transforming power of God. I just started reading it … Read more
Gifts (Pt. 2)
Two weeks ago I turned 35. For my birthday, my husband Jim surprised me with the best gift a mama could ask for. He purchased the disc of our family photo session with Beach Productions. This was an event I anticipated for months when I contacted Julie Dreelin and booked our date. We knew it … Read more
Gifts (Pt.1)
Happy first day of school! It’s been so neat to see all of the first day pics on Facebook. It’s nice to share the milestones and memories. I can’t get over how it seems everyone is sprouting up! Including (let me clear the lump in my throat)..Karolina. Our little girl had a big day today. … Read more
It Rhymes with Bail
That would be fail. Epic fail. As in me. As in our grand plans to homeschool. Did you ever have one of those days you wish you could crawl under a rock and not come out again until next year? If I could, I would! Here’s the deal. Based on my last post (complete with … Read more
Homeschool Tour 2013
Back to school is here again! Oh boy. In my last post I shared that we are attempting (again) to homeschool the older boys. On a scale from 1-10 my confidence level is about a 2. I know I should have the feeling of optimism, wearing the proverbial homeschool mom-cape as we begin a fresh … Read more
Back to (Home)School
Happy August! This is yet another long-overdue blog post. In an effort to become less of a blog slacker, I decided to just record a video. It seems these days, that’s a faster route than actually sitting down to write a post. Plus, I thought it would be fun to record the babies too. 🙂 … Read more
Prayer for Getting Older
We shared this on the morning show today, and it received such warm feedback that I thought I would post it here as well. This is from St. Teresa of Avila. I hope you enjoy the timeless truths contained within. 🙂 Lord, Thou knowest better than I myself that I am growing older and will … Read more
A Special Announcement
To all my dear Ohio friends and family, I’m excited to share an exciting announcement with you! It’s an evening called “Special Needs, Special Moms” designed to inspire the mothers of special needs kiddos. I’ve been MIA on the blog lately as we’ve been ironing out details and getting this event together, so it’s great … Read more
Faith & Freedom
Happy Independence Day to you! It’s always so heartening to see Old Glory flying in neighborhoods, and contemplating the blessing of freedom. A great little patriotic videos is Red Skelton’s Pledge of Allegiance. If you haven’t see it yet, it’s a good one. We are having a low-key day, but I do have plans to … Read more