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Pope Francis on complaining

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

A friend sent me a link today to this April 3 homily of Pope Francis. The Pope’s homily, in which…
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Kids don’t REALLY like being in charge.

Kids don’t REALLY like being in charge.

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

Why is it that our kids have the biggest temper tantrums when we are trying to do something nice for…
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The Patience Song

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

Last year, I made up a little song to help me teach little 2 1/2 year-old Gabriel about patience, and…
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Some thoughts on discernment from a brief foray into cloth diapering:)

Some thoughts on discernment from a brief foray into cloth diapering:)

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

A few weeks ago, a family I know passed down a huge box of cloth diapers to me. The box…
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Five Favorites (March 27, 2013)

Five Favorites (March 27, 2013)

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So, I’m putting a pinky toe out into the deep to join Moxie Wife’s new Five Favorites link up. I…
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Thoughts on a diary

Thoughts on a diary

Book reviews· Humble Handmaid

I was asked to do a book review this spring of Cynthia Montanaro’s just-published book, Diary of a Country Mother. I’m…
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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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