You can read my latest column at Inside Catholic today:

Home is Not a Place

As the daughter of a philosophy professor, of course I appreciate this one.

HT: CatholicVoteAction

If you’re the kind of blogger who loves a pretty button for your sidebar, you might like to pick up this pretty little number for the Small Steps book blog designed just for us by Dawn by Design:

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So I know some pretty awesome people online. And sometimes I get to meet these pretty awesome people in real life at conferences and such. And sometimes these pretty awesome people are pretty awesomely talented and generous and they offer to do things for me, like “pretty up” my book blog.

Which is just what my friend, the super-awesome, super-generous, super-talented Dawn of Dawn by Design offered to do for Elizabeth Foss and me.

Doesn’t it look lovely and Small Step-ish over there now?

If you agree, I hope you’ll send Dawn some love at Dawn by Design (where she offers all kinds of cool, creative stuff for absolutely free) and follow her on twitter so you won’t miss any of the cool stuff she gets into in the future.

A BIG thank you to Dawn from Small Steps!

“What color popsicle would you like?”

“Gween.”

“Here you go.”

“Uhhh, ack-chewally … yeyow.”

“There is no yellow.”

“Yeyow is on the box.”

“That’s orange.”

“Okay. Ack-chewally owange.”

“Here you go.”

“Uhhh … ack-chewally gween …”

Congratulations to Erin G., winner of a signed copy of Small Steps for Catholic Moms in the recent giveaway at CatholicMom.com.

I’d love to ship your copy this week along with hers … You can order signed copies of Small Steps for Catholic Moms and its companion journal directly from me at my shop page.

Join us! And give us your feedback (1-413-FAITH-55)!

Guess who came to our house yesterday? It was Arwen Mosher and her awesome family! I am bragging about it at Faith & Family today. While you’re there, be sure to check out guest blogger Kate Lloyd’s thoughtful posts on dating relationships. We’ve been so happy to have her blogging with us this week!

Over at NCRegister, we’re talking about kids flipping over the newly-released trailer for the latest Narnia film, Voyage of the Dawn Treader and feminists who fear education and information more than killing a baby.

And … finally, do not miss out on your chance to win a signed copy of Small Steps for Catholic Moms in the giveaway host by Sarah Reinhard at CatholicMom.com this week. Good luck to you!