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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is editor-in-chief of Catholic Digest and Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com and the author of A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms and The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also enjoys speaking around the country, is employed as webmaster for her parish web sites and spends time on various …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their 4-year-old daughter, 2-year-old son, and twin boys born May 2011. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is a 30-something, single lady, living in Connecticut in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law and six kids ... and two doors down are her parents. She received her undergraduate degree from …
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DariaSockey

DariaSockey
Daria Sockey is a freelance writer and veteran of the large family/homeschooling scene. She recently returned home from a three-year experiment in full time outside employment. (Hallelujah!) Daria authored several of the original Faith&Life Catechetical Series student texts (Ignatius Press), and is currently a Senior Writer for Faith&Family magazine. A latecomer …
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Kate Lloyd

Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Lynn Wehner

Lynn Wehner
As a wife and mother, writer and speaker, Lynn Wehner challenges others to see the blessings that flow when we struggle to say "Yes" to God’s call. Control freak extraordinaire, she is adept at informing God of her brilliant plans and then wondering why the heck they never turn out that …
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Brotherly Love?

Looks like we need to have a little chat about oral hygiene!

When I went into my sons’ bathroom this week to clean it, I was greeted by this note which I found perched between their two sinks.

Written in Adam’s most menacing handwriting, it warns his big brother to “STOP STEALING MY TOOTHBRUSH!!!”  I love the “all caps” emphasis for added effect.

My first thought when I saw the note was, “Gross!”  My second thought was of the lovely Danielle Bean, who manages the teeth of eight children (plus her own!) and blogged recently about the fact that her family’s toothbrushes are sanitized on a daily basis to eradicate creepy crawlies

“Oh man, if anyone finds out about this I’m sure to get my invitation to Faith and Family Live revoked!” I thought to myself.

But these little episodes are too good to pass up.  I called Adam and Eric into the bathroom and asked for an explanation.  Eric copped to using his brother’s toothbrush, explaining that “Mine is downstairs, and I’m too busy to go get it!”

I’ll agree that my seventeen year old has been very busy lately, and has been working diligently.  But I couldn’t keep a straight face when he seriously thought I was going to accept this excuse.  First I sent him on the transcontinental journey to the downstairs bathroom to retrieve his own toothbrush.  Then we discussed, once again, the importance of good oral hygiene and also the sanctity of “personal space” and respect for other members of the family.  For those of you with little ones who are anxious to be through the diaper phase, just know that sometimes kids act like babies regardless of their chronological age!

Both boys were issued new, out of the box toothbrushes and a stern warning about “sharing” and “stealing”.  No fistfights ensued, although a lot of germs were likely swapped in the process!

Danielle, I regret that in the area of toothbrush sanitization, I’m a failure!


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