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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

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Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com, a Catholic web site focusing on the Catholic faith, Catholic parenting and family life, and Catholic cultural topics. Most recently she has authored The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also employed as webmaster for her parish web sites. …
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Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their young children Camilla and Blaise. 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 is ABC Family. …
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Rebecca Teti

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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 is the managing editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is (yikes!) an almost 30 year-old, single lady, living in Connecticut with her two cousins 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 …
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Hallie Lord

Hallie Lord
Hallie Lord married her dashing husband, Dan, in the fall of 2001 (the same year, coincidentally, that she joyfully converted to the Catholic faith). They now happily reside in the deep South with their two energetic boys and two very sassy girls. In her *ample* spare time, Hallie enjoys cheap wine, …
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Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr. John Bartunek, LC

Fr John Bartunek, LC, STL, received his BA in History from Stanford University in 1990, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He comes from an evangelical Christian background and became a member of the Catholic Church in 1991. After college he worked as a high school history teacher, drama director, and …
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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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Elizabeth Foss

Elizabeth Foss
Elizabeth Foss, an award winning columnist for the Arlington Catholic Herald, published her first book, Real Learning: Education in the Heart of My Home in 2003. The book is now in its third printing. Her popular blog, In the Heart of My Home is a source of inspiration and support for Catholic women …
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The Joy of Being ‘Auntie’

Precious time spent with my nephew underscores some of the best things in life

Dear Patrick,

I’m on the train back home to Fresno after having spent the past day with you and am missing you like crazy already.  I wanted to thank you for the joy of being your Auntie – you are a precious gift from God and I’m blessed every time I am able to spend time with you.  The following are just a few of my favorite things about being your Auntie Lisa:

• Arriving on the train with a Thomas the Tank engine whistle and a train coloring book for you and watching your eyes light up at the site of the Amtrak train
• Sitting by the potty with you as you’re learning to be a “big boy” and reading books and singing songs
• Sneaking into your bed at bedtime for one more kiss and some quiet snuggling
• Waking up to your sweet smile first thing in the morning
• Seeing you grow and develop in big and little ways every time I see you
• Glowing with pride when I watch your Daddy, my little brother, bathe you and read to you and knowing the most important reason he was put on this earth was to be your Daddy.

The only difficult part of being your Auntie is having to get back on the train and go home, saying goodbye to you.  Knowing that you’ll be even more grown up and more precious next time I see you makes me anxious to buy my next train ticket.  So thanks for playing trains with me, singing “Circle Game” with me, and putting up with an Auntie who can’t get enough of you.  I love you sweetie!

Auntie Lisa

Are you an Auntie?  What are some of your favorite parts of being an aunt, grandma, Godmother or special friend to a little one?


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I love being an aunt, and God mother, to my nephew Mattox.  He’s the sweetest, most giggly 1 1/2yo ever.  He’s in IN and me in New England so it’s sad not to see him every weekend or 1x a month but my sister in law is great in keeping us up to date with calls, photos and emails - they grow too quick!

I remember he was born in April ‘07 receiving an email of his newborn face with his big, brown eyes staring up at his mom.  Amazing.

Can’t wait to see him (and new niece) around Christmas time - whoo hoo!

 

All those “auntie” things you love, are the same things we love about been “grandparents”!

 

I wish I lived in the same city as my siblings so that I could see all of my nephews more frequently.  Especially as my own kids grow older, I love spending time with these precious little ones.  Dee, I hope to be a grandparent some day, but not for a long time!!
Lisa

 

All those “auntie” things you love, are the same things we love about been “grandparents”!

 

I love my nieces and nephews. They bring such joy to my life. Every time I see them it brings such joy to my life. I cannot wait to see them again

 

hello arcive


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