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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Birthday-bonanza, gift wrap shortage, the team snack, Shorty the Pumpkin, and what we did instead of apple picking

Schools are closed today. For weeks I have had this beautifully planned day with our day care situation well in hand.Then our older son got a birthday invitation for late in the afternoon. OK, I thought. So I’ll leave work a little early.Then our younger son got a birthday invitation for
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April 15, 2017

Praying, and hoping, for peace in Jerusalem’s Old City

Following a week of violence, parishioners of St. Saviour Church in the Old City of Jerusalem came to Mass Oct. 19 to pray.
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Rain, rain, go to the front yard, measuring dogs, dish washing, surviving birthday parties, and popular quick takes of the past

My brother and I were playing with our children in my parents’ backyard last weekend when a few raindrops started falling.“It’s raining,” I said. “We might have to go inside soon.”“No, it’s not raining here,” said my nephew. “It’s just raining in the front yard.”We looked, and it was true.
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: The trick-or-treat, smell my pumpkin cookies, give me a blimp poem edition

Today is the day of Halloween parties. I’m helping with one in kindergarten, attending one with our children at our friends’ house in the evening, and then rounding out the day with a final party with John in the evening.Yes, I’ll be in costume. No, I won’t tell you what mine
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April 15, 2017

Remembering our beloved dead on the waterways of South Florida: Answers about Catholic burial at sea  

The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them.
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Costumes and candy and cupcakes and kindergarten and other fun

Did I say our children were going to dress in identical costumes for Halloween? I should have said that at their direction I purchased identical costumes for Halloween. But our kindergartener decided he wanted to be a police officer again this year and save the Clone Trooper costume for some
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Missing shoes, birthday celebrating, loving God’s creation, saving a turkey, and more

Somehow between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning we lost a pair of shoes.I am 93 percent sure both children were wearing shoes when I picked them up from school Wednesday.I am 82 percent sure they were wearing shoes when they walked into the house.I am 25 percent sure we will
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Why I’m blogging every day, soccer, sheep, shoes, Saturdays, public restrooms, and more

This week I am blogging about our lives every day for the Week In My Life series Kathryn is hosting at Team Whitaker. I have no time to do this. Truly, I don’t. I have been spending the week doing writing for my full-time job in the evenings, and that
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April 15, 2017

Counting our blessings: Prayers to enhance your family’s Thanksgiving feast

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.  
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Thanksgiving highlights, our first family basketball game, preparing for first reconciliation, and Advent is coming

How was your Thanksgiving celebration? Ours was everything I hoped it would be—delicious food, good conversation, and very little effort involved on my part. Next year maybe I will do more than bring the whipped cream, but this year that was about all I seemed to be able to manage.This
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: We found the Advent wreath, class participation, lasagna chefs, home decor, doorway acrobatics, and more

Advent started! Luckily our kindergartener came home from school with a wreath he had made, reminding us to find our larger wreath.Then we added Advent calendars to the mix because nothing says, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” like the Avengers and little pieces of chocolate.We haven’t even started filling our
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April 15, 2017

7 Quick Takes Friday: Birthday excitement, St. Nicholas came, Advent moments, the games we play (and why I lose), free cookies, and more

Today our kindergartener turns 6! From the birthday boy’s perspective, this day has been forever coming. Every day for so long he has been saying that it would never, ever come. But today it’s here!I can hardly imagine how we will get through the day with all the excitement! I will
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