Perfect Moment Monday: Weekend of Firsts

May 9, 2011

This past weekend was filled with perfect moments including some very special “firsts” for me, my family and some of our neighborhood friends. As I shared about briefly in my last post, on Saturday I got to help out with the First Communion Mass at our parish for the first time as a catechist, after […]

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Hope, Fight, Walk

May 7, 2011

I won’t be sleeping in tomorrow and my family won’t be serving me breakfast in bed. But this isn’t because Bob and the kids aren’t thoughtful and wouldn’t do just about anything for me on the second Sunday in May every year. The reason is that I will be waking up early, along with about […]

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A Prayer for Peace

May 2, 2011

Last night Bob and I finally saw the Oscar winning movie The King’s Speech. We enjoyed the movie, especially in light of all the recent news coverage of the Royal Wedding last week. We finished watching the movie on a DVD a little after 10:00 p.m. (CST) For this reason we did not have a regular […]

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A Beautiful Day to Remember

May 1, 2011

To all those who have lost a baby, at any stage of life and development (including miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death), my thoughts and prayers go out to you, especially on this International Babylost Mothers Day. According to Carly Dudley, founder of International Babylost Mothers Day (IBMD) and Names in the Sand: IBMD recognizes babylost women all over […]

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