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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of 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 work, the two …
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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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Oh, the Shame!

When you have oatmeal for breakfast, and then you paint with water colors, and then you try out your older brother’s big boy cup without a lid ...

Your mother won’t be able to keep up with your laundry production.

And by 10:00 am, this will be your only clothing option while you wait for the dryer to run.


Shopping at Home

bargain hunting of the best kind

Internet shopping is nice, but in my opinion, nothing beats finding a real bargain at home, at one of the small businesses that are apt to pop up any time of day around these parts.

“Will you come to my store?” Raphael asked yesterday. “Evewything is fwee.”

Evewything for fwee? How could I say no?

I did go shopping at Raphael’s store and I’m glad I did. Among my finds:


Profit Seeking

Gabby's got a plan

The other day, Gabrielle received a gift of a silk flower from her grandmother.

Quite predictably, she loved it. She wore it in her hair, carried it in her purse, and displayed it on the desk in her bedroom.

So I was surprised yesterday when she approached me, silk flower in hand, and asked how much I thought she could get for it if she sold it.

“I was thinking maybe ten dollars,” she suggested.

“Wow,” I said. “That’s a lot of money for a fake flower. You can probably buy one at the store for about 25 cents.”

“I know that,” she answered in exasperation. “That’s why I need to sell this one for at least ten dollars—so that I can buy a whole bunch of flowers at the store!”

New strategy suggestion, Sweetie: Wear the flower and attract a smart businessman for a husband.

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Guilty Conscience

at bedtime

Daughter: If, after you brushed your teeth, you happened to eat one M&M—not chewing it or anything so it could get stuck in your teeth—just sucking on it till it was gone ... would that really be so bad?


With Love, From Boys

Reader Aileen shares this photo of what she found after bedtime at her house last night.

If little boys are sharing their Lego men with her, Mary must be doing something right. I’m pretty sure she treasures these tokens of affection in a special way.


Party Ready

Here’s a look at what I have been finding all over the house the past two days: handmade confetti.

What’s that? You didn’t know there was such a thing as handmade confetti?

Well then, you don’t know Gabby. She has been making it by the cupful in preparation for her older brother’s birthday party this weekend.

I have been finding it on the table, on the floor, in the beds, and in the sink.

It’s maddening, and yet I find it so hard to get mad.


Nap Attack

It happens to the best of us.


To Grandmother’s House We Go

We're packed ... and ready for anything.

3-year-old Raphael is going to spend two days and one night at his grandmother’s house. The boy is beyond excited about this. In fact, it is all he has been talking about since we made the mistake of telling him it was going to happen almost two weeks ago.

“Is it today?” he asks me every morning. “Is today the day we go to Grandmaman’s house?”

“Not today, sweetie. I will be sure to tell you when it’s... READ MORE 


A Question of the Ages

or "Why I Need My Coffee in the Morning"

“Mom,” nine-year-old Elliott asks at breakfast, “does God decide, or does he just know?”


The Cutest Age

Newborn, Teen, or In-Between

“What a cute baby. Too bad they have to grow up!”

I’ve heard that more than once from strangers and assumed it was just another one of those worn-out lines about the evils of raising kids. You know — small and cute like a puppy that you can hold in your arms and pet. But watch out! Someday you won’t be able to control it with a choke chain and leash, even if it is wearing one as a fashion statement.... READ MORE 


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