So far today, I’ve “fallen for” a hole in my pants and a wasp on the wall, and I am sure there is more to come.

April 1 is my kids’ favorite day of the year.

And my least.

I finally found something to fill my empty corner cabinet.

Please come read about the fun thing we did today!

Great news! Small Steps for Catholic Moms has been sent to the printer and pre-orders will be shipping soon!

In the meantime, we’d love it if you would check out our new book blog, fan us on facebook, and follow us on twitter.

Writing this book together has blessed us in so many ways. Elizabeth Foss and I are really looking forward to sharing this book with you!

So much for students’ freedom of expression at this American university. Particularly ironic is the fact that Duke University women were denied the right to discuss women’s issues at the Duke University Women’s Center. Perhaps they should re-name the center something more appropriate … Center for Women Who Advocate for the Killing of Unborn Children, perhaps? Then the shut-out would be understandable.

Read the whole thing.

Some people look for robins. We look for cold and wet amphibians.

And the bragging rights go to Kateri. As usual.

I love the Anchoress.

It takes a while to stop the monkeychatter in the brain. But try to let that run itself out, like a spool of film, that goes clackety-clackety-clack and then whirrrs down to silence. And breathe and get quiet.

We are all much too comfortable with our noise, and distrustful and edgy around the silence.

But the noise feeds the chaos. The chaos feeds something else.

Let’s stop feeding it.

Let’s feed our spirits a little.

Let’s not take the bait. Let’s not bait others. In a week, the world will still be with us. But perhaps by getting a little quiet, we’ll have come to understand a little — just a little — about the uselessness of a day’s fretting and fighting, in the scope of Eternity.

She makes some great points that I really need reminding of now and then.

There’s no time like Holy Week to “get quiet.” Go read the whole thing.

This simple song never fails to silence my inner “noise.”

Come to Jesus.

Let’s each of us do that this week.