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April 29th, 2005 Juliette likes to be “wooed.” On Saturday of last weekend, Dan took the boys out for errands while I took the girls out for errands. We made a big deal out if it. We called it a “Boy Outing” and a “Girl Outing” and at the end of the day we all met at Friendly’s for dinner, where Dan decided to surprise us. In the restaurant parking lot, he April 28th, 2005 Today is the feast day of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla. Click here to learn more about her. “Be living witnesses of the greatness and beauty of Christianity.” –Saint Gianna May her witness and example inspire us! April 28th, 2005 We can only eat so many omelets. The hens have been laying about a dozen eggs a day recently and we can’t keep up. The cartons of fresh eggs in the fridge and a 70-cent loaf of day-old bread from the grocery store inspired me yesterday afternoon. Of course I had to make bread pudding. And of course, I had to share the recipe here: BREAD PUDDING for the pudding: April 27th, 2005 for those of you who wrote me and asked what more we can do about Ebay: BoycottEbay.org April 27th, 2005 Yesterday afternoon, when I stepped outside for a moment to count heads, I heard a voice from the sky: “Hi Mama!” I looked up–way up–to see Eamon grinning down at me from the high branches of his favorite tree. He wore a plaid flannel coat and blue jeans. Late afternoon sunshine filtered through budded branches and framed his boyish face with a hazy glow. A jackknife and compass were clipped April 26th, 2005 Baby Raphael really likes to be held and most days I indulge him. Even when I use a baby carrier, this makes doing regular things like housework and schoolwork more difficult and time-consuming. As a result, I find myself frequently frustrated with the fact that I accomplish so much less these days than I used to. Yesterday afternoon, during a phone conversation with my sister, I complained: “I get to April 25th, 2005 Every time I give 8 year old Eamon a writing assignment, I brace myself for the question which inevitably will follow: “How long does it have to be?” Usually, I tell him that he should write his story or report all the way from the beginning to the end, without worrying about its length. Of course what he really wants to know is the minimum requirement; he wants me to April 24th, 2005 I posted a new article today: Patient Practice from the National Catholic Register. (Just subscribe, already!) |
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