In November I read, The Catholic All Year Compendium by Kendra Tierney – a fantastic resource I cannot wait to revisit with each new liturgical season. Implementing ideas goes well so far, in our own style, fulfilling the point of the book. (I received a copy from the
Previously published in the Hughson Chronicle-Denair Dispatch Grief. The five stages of grief are shock, bargaining, anger, depression and acceptance. The four tasks of grief are accepting the reality of your loss, processing your grief and pain, adjust to the world without your loved one in it, and finding
In honor of Native American Heritage Month and a reminder of the power of Christian unity, please allow me to introduce you to Kateri. Written and presented to the Young Ladies Institute, Antoinette #193, a Catholic Women’s Organization Called the “Lily of the Mohawks”, and the “Genevieve
Previously Published in the Hughson Chronicle-Denair Dispatch It’s hard to focus. I sit down to begin our homeschool day with one child. The washing machine cycle finishes and beeps until I attend to it. The littlest one needs a diaper change. I hang the clothes on the clothesline, sit
I learned about Link+ which means all the book on my list that I contemplated buying are now are in my hand. It has been a good month. What I read this October Literature for pleasure, stress relief and Flannery O’Connor said of Joseph Conrad, “I keep reading them hoping
Previously published in the Hughson Chronicle-Denair Dispatch In August, “Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three in His Name” by Leah Libresco was released by Ignatius Press. In 163 pages, Libresco takes the reader through her vision, experience and practical tips for making the Benedict
When your baby is ill, the world seems to stop. Sitting one that hospital couch, as he lay sleeping in the hospital crib, I stared out the hospital window at other hospital parents in the hospital yard, eating their meal because we were not supposed to eat in the Pediatric
