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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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Feel Like Crying?

This might just do the trick

Tim Dunn’s mom sent me an email with a link to this video. Here is what she told me about it:

“This is my son who works in campus ministry at Xavier University. He wrote this song for his twin brother’s wedding.  It is a reflection of what happens when family relationships are valued and cultivated in our daily lives.”

I think you’ll agree he has reason to be proud of her big boys.

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Seventy-Seven Times

On brotherly forgiveness

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.  Francis Bacon

The scene played itself out this morning as it does about four times per week.  The younger brother, anxious to get out the door to school early so he could have time with his friends.  The older brother—the chauffeur—nursing a bad case of “senioritis” and wanting to eek out every... READ MORE 


Match, Set

Nothing says Easter like matching outfits

My question this evening is simple: do you torture your children like I torture mine?

Every Easter for as long as I can remember, I have dressed the boys alike. The whole lot of them show up to Mass in matching outfits. One year it was seersucker with white shirts. Another year it was matching golf shirts. The year pictured here, which was four years ago, we were channeling the Osmond Brothers. I have not decided what we will do this year, but I’m thinking it will involve their blue blazers with a matching tie.

It’s not nearly as exciting as finding the perfect Easter dress, but I’ll take it!


Life!

what an adventure

Tonight, my six-year-old was sitting on his baby brother’s red trike. He was looking down, focused on the book he was reading aloud to me as I worked on a project in the dining room.

As my boy read, he slowly, slowly pedaled forward, unaware that he had progressed all the way from the middle of the kitchen to the side of the dining room table.

“Look out, look out!” I cried. But it was too late.

My son looked up from his book to discover he was now in the dining room and that he had pedaled the trike right into the mess I was cleaning up—which was, I’m sad to report, a big pile of his older brother’s puke.

He burst into tears, my boy, but not because I had startled him or because his shoes were now covered with sick. He was sad because he had gotten the wheels of Baby Henry’s little trike covered with that nastiness.

The moment was sweet and disgusting all at the same time.


Brotherly Love

weekend photo


Weekend Photo

A brother is a friend God gave you.
—Jean Baptiste Legouvé


Doing My Heart Good

In which I am encouraged by some (mostly) sound thinking

Last week on our walk at the river, we passed a bridge on the way back to the car.

“Let’s jump off,” said my ten-year-old with much, much enthusiasm. This bridge crosses over the canal that runs parallel to the river, and it is a favorite jumping spot of many older boys (including my brother, Uncle Zach, he who has told my boys all about it).

Elliott begged and pleaded to be allowed to jump, and... READ MORE 


Baby Steps

My boys are their brother's keeper

Our baby is on the brink of being a full-fledged walker, very close but not quite there yet.

Baby Henry turned one this summer, and by our family’s standards, he is a few months behind on the walking. All our other boys walked just before their first birthday. I understand every baby is different, and Henry is moving along just fine developmentally. It’s just, he’s taking his time.

The boys pick up... READ MORE 


Brotherly Love

Love hurts, love scars

Around here, love doesn’t always look the way I’d like it to look. Boys sometimes have a funny way of showing they care.

Of course my boys can be very sweet with me—they are always quick to give me a kiss (on the lips even!), to tell me they love me. I get fresh-picked flowers (from the neighbors yard) and if I’m feeling sad, at least one of the boys will ask if I’m okay.

Boys can certainly be tender.... READ MORE 


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