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It’s braver to have a good day

It’s braver to have a good day

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

I had a good day today. I actually woke up on time this morning and got some morning prayer in….
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Mountaintops and valleys, crosses and consolations

Mountaintops and valleys, crosses and consolations

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

  Today I am thinking about mountaintops and valleys, crosses and consolations.  Tomorrow is the Feast of the Transfiguration of…
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Happily Ever After Moments

Happily Ever After Moments

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

Just as we can’t expect to totally relax on a family vacation with little ones, we can’t expect our entire…
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“Why yes, I do have my hands full” and some other things it’s time I admitted to

“Why yes, I do have my hands full” and some other things it’s time I admitted to

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

  Precious Gianna, 1 year old A few weeks ago, a priest friend of ours, Fr. Pettit, called out of…
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A “Mom’s Night Out” review after my Mom’s Night Out

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

We got home at dinnertime from a Mother’s Day lunch at my in-laws’ house in New Orleans. I forfeited all…
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The Patience Song: Rewritten by a Four-Year-Old

The Patience Song: Rewritten by a Four-Year-Old

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

I’m re-using this meme from my old post about the Patience Song. It’s such a good one, though:) A couple…
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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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