Pre-Natal Memories
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you.” — Jeremiah 1:5 The day Ruth turned two, her godmother dropped by to celebrate her birthday. Since Ruth was...
View ArticleThere Goes My Baby Part 2: How to Cope When Your Child Leaves for School
It’s inevitable. Our children are going to grow up. In a previous post, I shared my own mixed (okay, pretty sad) feelings about my oldest son starting kindergarten in just a few weeks. And, although...
View Article10 Quick Tips for Parenting a Maniacal Toddler
Ok, that title was meant as a joke. But only a little bit. If you have a toddler who is going through a phase of testing behavior and frequent tantrums, it’s not so funny. It can feel desperate,...
View ArticleTransitioning Your Co-Sleeping Child to Her Own Bed (It IS Possible!)
It happened so suddenly. We’d been talking about it for awhile, but yesterday, my husband took action. He emptied our older daughter’s bedroom. We organized, we tossed, we scrubbed, and we mopped. And,...
View ArticleWho Mothers Mommy?
Motherhood is a profound blessing and should be deep source of meaning for women, but a mom also faces sleepless nights, strained schedules, and the competing needs of her kids, her spouse, her...
View ArticleWhat Adolescents Want (and How Attachment Parenting Gives It to Them)
My 11-year-old always seems to be hanging around lately. Peering over my shoulder as I pay the bills, following me around as I search for a quiet room to sneak in a few minutes of prayer, and shuffling...
View ArticleLive Like a Saint: Saint Nicholas!
Note from the editor: Charisse put together this lovely spread for our winter issue of Tender Tidings, but we are still putting together the issue and St. Nicholas’ feast day is on Sunday. So we wanted...
View ArticleThe 12 Days of Christmas (Catholic Style!)
Happy Christmastide! Did you know the “Christmas season” for Catholics is not the weeks prior to Christmas (as advertisements would have us believe) ending on Christmas Day? Nope, we’re just getting...
View ArticleAll Dress-Shopping Fathers Go to Heaven
My husband and I learned how to depend on Divine Providence to meet out kid’s needs, especially our fashion-conscious teenage girls because we had nine children and little extra cash. With the grace of...
View ArticleFeeding the Kids with My Eyes Closed (and Other Reasons to Love Co-Sleeping)
Not long after my first child was born, I found myself in a discussion with another new mom about how (not so) well our babies were sleeping. Really, what else do new mothers talk about? It was...
View ArticleJesus Is a Baby Whisperer
The best way to communicate with preverbal little people is to connect with their inner spirits, in with, and through the Holy Spirit because Jesus was an infant Himself. However, unlike human adults,...
View ArticleLet Me Do It
It’s a desire that is expressed in many ways. “I want to help.” “I do it myself.” “Let me do it.” When these words come from my three-year-old, I have to admit that I usually feel a sense of...
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