UPDATE: Sarah Anne Foss is here! Thanks be to God!

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It looks like Elizabeth Foss’s new baby girl will be arriving sooner rather than later.

Mama and Baby are in the hospital and doing well, but they do request your prayers for a safe delivery.

Good St. Anne, pray for us!
All you saints in heaven, pray for us!

Part of Gabrielle’s schoolwork this morning was a reading review page where there were words written below empty boxes. The assignment was to read the words and then draw a picture of what it was.

She got them all right. Except for “pig.” Above “pig” she had drawn a cluster of flowers.

That’s weird. I know she can read this word.

“Gabby,” I asked her, “why did you draw flowers for this one?”

“Oh,” she answered wrinkling her nose in disgust. “They wanted me to draw a pig there, but I won’t do that.”

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The boys and I had a foot race today. 200 yards to the finish.

Would it be an exaggeration to say that Eamon beat me by a mile?

It’s time to do your Faith & Family homework again. Send along your (short!) answers to the questions below and you might just see your words of wisdom published in a future issue!

Say What? What do you do at a gathering if someone suggests –and the crowd seems to go along– with some activity you didn’t anticipate and don’t want to participate in –let’s get in the hot tub, let’s watch a salacious movie, etc.

Do What? How do you keep antsy kids busy during long car rides?

Send me your answers!

Him: Are you coming to bed?

Her: Um, yeah.

Him: What are you doing?

Her: I’m Googling Sarah Palin’s shoes.

Him: …

Her: Oooookay. So you have a gift for making it sound like I’m wasting my time.

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