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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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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
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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Playmobile vs. Lego

Which do you choose?

Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Thursday, November 17, 2011

In the comments section of our post on gift ideas for boys, there was a lot of talk of Lego’s and Playmobile. I’m curious: does every household with boys choose one or the other?

We have always been a Lego family but I’ve long been enamored by Playmobile. I recently picked up a sweet Christmas set at a yardsale and love it. I’m thinking about getting more but as we already own two tons of Lego’s I’m... READ MORE

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The Perfect Gift

which one keeps on giving?

Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, April 04, 2011

Our dear sweet precious amazing daughter turns one this week. Can you believe it? I’m not sure I do!

I would love to hear from those with experience just what gift is the best investment of money (even a small amount of money) for a sweet little one-year-old girl. My goal is to get Isabel a gift that she will enjoy for years to come.

What do you recommend as the perfect gift for a girl turning one?... READ MORE

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Buzz in the Mail

Well, this should get me through pretty much anything

Posted by Danielle Bean in Just me on Thursday, August 05, 2010

I really should be more careful about the people with whom I share information about my shameful little addictions.

Back in April when I gave a talk to the moms at Royalmont Academy in Ohio, I think I might have shared my bad habit of drinking an occasional can of Red Bull to keep me going when my energy stores run low.

Imagine my surprise, though, when I received this package in the mail this week.... READ MORE

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Heavenly Scent Update

Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Last week I wrote about Isabel’s baptism and how wonderful she smelled thanks to the chrism.

Today we had a package dropped off and some dear reader sent me a candle that smells remarkably close to this scent. It is perfect and when I opened the lid and inhaled, it brought me back (way back to last week!). Here’s the candle if you too are craving this heavenly scent.

Thank you, generous friend, for... READ MORE

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