My brother Thomas will be going to Iraq on January 15 for 17 months. He is stunned, we are all worried of course.
Category: Pansyiana
Depressing stuff on the Internet
In the past couple of days, I stumbled on some pretty depressing internet tools. I am not sure if it more depressing that they simply exist, or that they are advertised like normal, run of the mill stuff. The first was from a site called divorce360.com. Yep, a whole entire site dedicated to all things… Continue reading Depressing stuff on the Internet
My teenage daughter
left school forgetting her coat in her locker. Why? She doesn’t know. She realized she forgot when she had to walk home from her bus stop in the High of 36 degree upstate NY weather, and someone actually yelled out their car window “Girl, you need a coat!” I told her I had to blog… Continue reading My teenage daughter
Somethings I Can’t Do
I can do 4 loads of laundry a day. I can spend much energy fretting over how to pay the next bill, how to pay for Christmas or school books, or worrying about filling our increasingly larger vehicles with gas. I can deal with multiple fund raisers from school. I can be burnt out at… Continue reading Somethings I Can’t Do
Saint Gerard Majella-Pray for Us
Today is the Feast of St. Gerard, Patron of Expectant Mothers. Here I am, expecting mother at 23 weeks (well, 22 weeks and 4 days in this picture).
Today Our Ultrasound Made It Abundantly Clear
The Upstate Moss’s will welcome our fifth baby boy this February.
I Had the Best of Intentions
When I decided to send my two oldest to school, I figured it was simply time. I had this great, philosophical attitude about the whole thing. I taught them our values, I taught them Church teaching. Heck, I immersed them whole-heartedly for the past 15-13 years in what we believe. It’s now up to my… Continue reading I Had the Best of Intentions
So It Begins
Day 3 of school-my daughter’s global teacher for no apparent reason, had the typical “well I’m Catholic, but of course I don’t agree with Church teachings, especially on birth control. ” Along with a discussion about how it is acceptable to be Catholic and not go to Church, because most Catholics do that. I told… Continue reading So It Begins