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Archives for July 2012

Mother’s Rule update – Reality check, portion control, and the Preschool Olympics

Mother’s Rule update – Reality check, portion control, and the Preschool Olympics

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

I talked to my mom on Wednesday this week, and she mentioned that she had gotten tired just reading my…
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Parenting with balance: Happiness Speaks Louder than Words

Parenting with balance: Happiness Speaks Louder than Words

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

It has been on my heart for a while now to write about parenting. Each time I sat down to…
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My new life coach, and helpful quotes from a saint

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

I am continuously amazed by the practical wisdom and great holiness of St. Josemaria Escriva. I am thankful to have “found”…
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We all make mistakes.

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

“Often, actually very often, God allows his greatest servants to make the most humiliating mistakes. This humbles them in their…
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A little jailbird, a wedding and a shark picture

A little jailbird, a wedding and a shark picture

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

Here’s a weekend photo roundup! Our dear friend Lucy got married on Saturday, and I had the privilege of arranging…
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Sweet-smelling humble pie

Sweet-smelling humble pie

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

Today, my humble pie tasted like tears and smelled like flowers. I had a discouraging couple of hours with Gabriel…
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Keep calm and carry on

Keep calm and carry on

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

A close friend told me this afternoon that a new friend of ours remarked to her after meeting me that…
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The Family Beach Trip, and a beach with no babes

Humble Handmaid

Michael and I got back last week from a lovely trip to the beach with his mom’s side of the…
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Rock-a-bye baby

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

Faith has turned into the cuddliest of babies (finally!!). She’s a little more clingy these days, but nothing out of…
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I'm a south Louisiana girl, Catholic wife, writer, speaker, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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