Faith, Housekeeping, and Motherhood
In this post you’ll find Advent activities for kids to do in your home. There is one Advent activity for each day of Advent. Getting your kids involved in waiting for Christmas will help them realize that waiting can be a beautiful thing. Advent is about to begin and as a Catholic mother I’m doing…
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If you’re in search of how to build your own Jesse Tree, this blog post is for you. You won’t believe how easy it is. Also included is a short history of one of Advent’s oldest tradition and some bible versus to help you understand each Jesse Tree Ornament. How to Build a Jesse…
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Childhood Memories There will always be songs that sing in my head frequently reminding my of my childhood. This song, Morning Has Broken, is one of them. We sang it during all school masses during the week. I don’t think there’s a better sound than a small grade school of less than 200 children singing…
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In a world full of people living mostly for themselves, serving others is a must now more than ever, here’s why… If I compile a list of people I admire in my life, there tends to be one common denominator. That is, they seem to be serving others almost constantly. These beautiful human beings have…
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This cover photo is a image of one of our little gals on the day of her baptism. My husband’s and my desire is to give our children a life of faith that’s strong, and my prayer is for all my children to become holy, and enter the life of sainthood. hu·mil·i·ty (h)yo͞oˈmilədē noun noun:…
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I’ve been humbled from the fear of God, recently. I’m looking at my life just a tad differently and this time I hope it lasts. When major events happen in my life that shake me, I consider how I should be doing a better job at living my everyday. It usually takes about a month,…
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I’m embarrassed by the recent discoveries hidden deep inside the Catholic church, but it doesn’t discredit my faith. I’ve always known there was a strong distaste for my religion among other faiths. I grew up with many people asking me question after question. But when stuff like this happens, the knowledge of sex abuse from…
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Imagine you have been walking on a path for hours. Your parents lead you on the path, they said it was the right way to go. You do it, because they told you to, and now it’s just a comfortable feeling, but all you’re really doing is placing one foot in front of the other. …
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