New Shrine Memorializes Lost Babies
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Monday, May 02, 2011
You guys!
My weekend visit to the National Shrine of Divine Mercy this weekend was amazing and exhausting and amazing and did I mention exhausting?
I brought along five of my kids, and the gang of us had a most memorable trip. I shared some photos on my Facebook page, but that album did not include any photos of the new (still under construction) Shrine of the Holy Innocents that is on site in Stockbridge,... READ MORE
Snap Out of It!
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, October 25, 2010
Sometimes, I get in a funk—a downward spiral brought on by who-knows-what, fueled by a whole host of silly little things and usually brought to an end by some good old fashioned mind-over-matter.
Do you feel my pain? A funk is not overwhelming sadness or depression. It’s just feeling blah (with a little blah on top).
The key to getting out of a funk, I must remind myself, is to BREAK the cycle. This... READ MORE
Spring's Not-So-Fun Side
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Tuesday, March 09, 2010
It’s unseasonably warm for Michigan right now, with highs in the 50s all week.
How fondly I remember the springs of my past, when I could enjoy the suddenly warm temperatures, the melted snow trickling along the gutters, the trilling of birds newly-arrived from the south. Early spring, with all its promise, was one of my favorite times of year.
I’ve even managed to enjoy it through the past few years,... READ MORE
Surprise!
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Tuesday, March 09, 2010
I was intrigued and amazed by this story at Foxnews.com today about a woman who discovered she was pregnant —THREE HOURS before giving birth to a healthy, full-term baby.
As I reflect on the last eight months, of week after week of noting changes in my body, my outlook, my ability to walk like a normal human, I cannot imagine being pregnant and not knowing it. How is this possible? And also, how scary!... READ MORE
Align Me Up, Doc!
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Health on Thursday, October 08, 2009
Sunday night I slept funny and woke up with a shooting pain in my neck and upper back.
A few years ago when I had trouble with shoulder pain, I went to an orthopedic specialist and got referred for physical therapy. The therapy worked wonderfully and I’ll happily do it again if it’s ever necessary.
This time, though, since it seemed to me that my neck/back pain was obviously alignment related, I decided... READ MORE
Wake Up Call
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Friday, June 19, 2009
Do you ever get the feeling God is trying to get your attention?
I got that feeling yesterday afternoon. Right about the time I found myself lying face down on my kitchen tiles, gasping in pain.
I had been rushing again.
I think God does not like it when I rush too much. It’s a very bad habit of mine to attempt to cram too much activity, too much thought, too much stuff into my too short days and... READ MORE
Offer It Up!
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, June 15, 2009
Two weeks from tomorrow, we go back to the doctor. Two weeks doesn’t sound like all that long unless you had been mentally geared up for ONE week.
A few weeks ago, I got a call from the cast clinic to set up our next appointment. Six weeks from accident date would be sometime next week, but the nurse was telling me the doctor wanted to see us the following week. That extra week, seven days, was just... READ MORE
What I Learned in the Waiting Room
Posted by Matthew Archbold in Family on Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Everything I needed to know about love I learned in a hospital waiting room.
It all started with a pause. You see, my father was a quiet man. Never complained. Old school tough. So when my mother asked him if she should call the ambulance and he hesitated, we all knew it was bad.
Seated in his favorite chair he stared forward, heaving and wheezing every breath. I know he wanted to say no. He wanted... READ MORE
Growing in Faith
Posted by Danielle Bean in Faith on Monday, August 11, 2008
I absolutely love the insight that Therese shared about “having faith” versus “living by faith” in the comments of the post about this week’s Gospel. Here it is in part:
Those who have faith trust in God, believing that all eventually will work for the good; those who live by faith, on the other hand, depend upon God for their moment-to-moment existence, knowing that however close to the edge they... READ MORE
Rainy Day Fun
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Thursday, July 24, 2008
The kids’ board game that these precious pieces of plastic came with calls them cones.
I call them purgatory reducers. They are just the thing for stepping on with bare feet in the morning.
Bonus points for not enhancing your children’s vocabularies with what you shout out when it happens.
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