“Bless our families, bless our children. Choose from our homes those needed for your work.” I knelt with my family at the Vigil of All S...

 Somehow we have hit a rhythm that is working this semester. Maybe it is working for me because I get to sleep until my Lyme diseased body...

It has taken me a long time to get to the point of being comfortable with intentionally living in a smaller house with our potentially larg...

6 week old G napping in the jogger at Delaware Park in Buffalo, NY. Yesterday, for the first time since something like 2011, I ran 3 mi...

The first time I that read the Holy Rule of St. Benedict , I was particularly struck by the adaptability of the Rule to family life. This i...

We spent two weeks of July doing one of those massive road trips that we are wont to do; the kind that make we wonder if we are insane. W...

It is that time of year again! I love, love to pray to Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin for help in anything in family life and especially in my ...

There is that day after each pregnancy (well, besides the first one), that I have felt "normal" again. My mind is clear again; I f...

1. Happy Easter! We had a lovely Triduum, not pushing our limits with four kids. M and G went to Holy Thursday. I made it out to the alta...

It has been a long crazy last couple of weeks here. A lot of things have happened, and I have had no time for blogging...

In my research for writing the second installment of the story of my relationship with M, I have been reading my old prayer journals. First ...

I have considered myself exempt from commenting on the things that have been blowing up the part of the internet I happen to peruse lately. ...

If you have ever met my mother, then you know how beautiful of a person she is in all aspects. Well today we had our "we are in the sam...

And by the baby, I mean the Newborn King, the Little Lord Jesus, the Second Person of the Trinity who became Mary's little Child. I al...

Last week we had our third annual summer visit from my sister and her family. I love these visits and wish we could have them more and more....

We packed up our things for a quick road trip this past weekend. I wanted to give my kids and nieces and nephew a chance to play together (a...

This year we have a new tradition in the Spencer house: The grass really took off this week in our miniature tomb and Calvary scene. Last...

One of the things that is a constant struggle with little kids is helping them be quiet and if they are able be attentive at Mass. Something...