Double Dose of Birthday
Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Monday, June 08, 2009
I hope you all didn’t get too filled up on Rachel’s birthday cupcakes last Friday, because we aren’t done with the fun here yet.
Today just so happens to be Rebecca’s birthday ... and mine too!
Rebecca, we are so blessed to have you as part of our blogging family here at Faith and Family Live.
Your generous sharing of your intellect and wit, all with a healthy dose of humility and practicality, inspire all of us to serve our families and communities with greater passion and grow closer to Christ.
God bless you today and every day—It’s an honor to be turning 29 with you again this year!
(P.S. Guess what else? Lisa’s birthday is in a week!)
Party for a Princess
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Friday, June 05, 2009
Rachel is not the only sweetie-pie celebrating a birthday today.
Our own Princess Gabrielle is turning six.
Now this is my child with the most ... complicated needs. For weeks now, she’s been keeping a running verbal list of all the things that she anticipates enjoying on her birthday.
A butterfly cake covered with M&Ms, balloons, flowers, doughnuts, ballet slippers, princess fairy wings, lip gloss,... READ MORE
Happy Mother’s Day!
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Family on Sunday, May 10, 2009
My favorite Mother’s Days occurred in they heyday of my childhood, when the five of us kids would surround my Mom in her big, sloshy waterbed. Armed with handmade cards, spiritual bouquets and gifts we’d made in school, we would join Mom for breakfast in bed that we’d prepared with Daddy.
To this day, I still long to join my own mother in her bed to mark the day, but most years I have to accept a... READ MORE
Easter at Your House
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Sunday, April 12, 2009
Happy Easter!
I hope you and your family are enjoying a lovely Easter and that you’ll be willing to share some of your family’s celebrations.
Do you have a blog or Flickr account where you’ve posted Easter photos or have you written a post about your family’s Easter celebration? If so, please share it using the Mr. Linky form below. If you don’t have a link, feel free to share what you’ve been up to in the comments. I can’t wait to read all about it!
God Is Love
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, February 12, 2009
When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known it. He has been a party to, has made, sustained, and moved moment by moment within, all our earthly experiences of innocent love.—C.S. Lewis
Love!
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, February 10, 2009
I’m just curious—how do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? Do you have plans to go out, or will you mark the day over a candlelit supper at home?
Or will you even celebrate at all?
Valentine’s Day is always special for us because it’s the day Paul and I got engaged. I was initially a tad embarrassed about the whole thing; getting engaged on Valentine’s Day seemed a bit overly-romantic. Now, however, I love it that we clearly mark and celebrate the day of our engagement.
The first few years, before we had children, we would go to the same restaurant where Paul proposed. In recent history, now that our kid count is at five, I relish a quiet evening at home, sharing some wine and delicious take-out once the boys are in bed.
What about you? How will you mark this day of amore?
Peacemakers
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, November 26, 2008
This isn’t a prayer for Thanksgiving, or a poem about gratitude. But I was thinking about celebrations, about all the gatherings and festivities we will enjoy over the next five or six weeks, starting tomorrow. Some of these will be with people we love, people we get along with easily. But not always. And in the spirit of those gatherings, I offer this prayer, to keep our hearts focused on being Jesus to everyone we encounter. Let the celebrating begin!
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
—St. Francis of Assisi
The Blessing of Two
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Today is Camilla’s second birthday.
We talked it up so much that by bedtime last night, she was already asking, “When birthday coming over?”
I think she’s not perfectly clear on the concept.
Fortunately, this doesn’t inhibit her enjoyment of the day itself. I blew up balloons for her to play with and she got to have donut holes for breakfast. I gave her a lollipop when she finished lunch, and... READ MORE
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