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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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Fourth of July, and a quote from a pope

Fourth of July, and a quote from a pope

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

“True freedom is not advanced in the permissive society, which confuses freedom with license to do anything whatever and which…
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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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