Our three 6 year olds have just flat out had it. They have been waiting to make their Holy First Communion, fully aware of all it means and how very special it is, for at least a couple of years now.  At every mass, they have watched us parents and their big sister go up to receive Jesus in… (READ MORE......) | 7 Comments

This past weekend was a crazy and bitter-sweet one.  We traveled out to western MA, where I am from, about 2.5 hours away, because my God-Daughter was making her First Holy Communion, at the same time as our niece>my brother’s and his wife’s daughter! Same morning, separate churches, separate towns.  Don’t you love it when 2 all-important events are to happen simultaneously, and you have to choose which one to… (READ MORE......) | 5 Comments