The Big Picture section of the blog will just be about LIFE!  It’ll be random posts that cover a wide range of who-knows-what topics, that don’t seem to fit in any others sections of the blog.  The posts may be about our family sometimes, but not always.  They could be about a place we… (READ MORE......)

Our Pentecost Sunday this year was really quite simple. Not quite the more elaborate occasion we made it last year.  But it was nice anyway.    Acknowledging it was the most important thing to us, starting with mass.  But the kids spent the morning, before leaving for mass, trying to remember and name all 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit, the 12 Fruits of the Holy Spirit, and the 12… (READ MORE......) | 4 Comments

Disgusting?

Or just part of God’s beautiful creation?

I’m telling you….I am all about marveling in God’s wondrous works.

And I’ve grown to have great appreciation for A LOT.

But this one?  Well…this one just gives me……pause.

The way it moves….those antenna eye things….the way it… (READ MORE......) | 5 Comments

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

~A MOTHER’S LOVE~

A Mother’s love is something
that no one can explain,
It is made of deep devotion
and of sacrifice and pain,
It is endless and unselfish
and enduring come what may
For nothing can destroy it
or take that love away . . .
It is patient

There was no schooling on our agenda today – just delivering our May Day Baskets, and the kids could not have been more excited!  But, first, I had to have some of my own fun, taking just a few more photos, as detailed memories.

Last year we spontaneously decided to throw some May Day Baskets together, secretly deliver them, and hope they make someone feel thought of, and smile.  The kids had fun putting them together, and even MORE fun delivering them. We only did 2 baskets last year, but this year we thought of 4 recipients that would be more than delighted with such an unexpected surprise, on a seemingly ordinary Friday. Now… (READ MORE......) | 5 Comments

Last year on Earth Day, our family started the tradition of going out and cleaning up our neighborhood roadsides and beach, to help care for God’s Creation in our own teeny tiny corner of the world.  We actually do this other times of the year as well, but it’s a plan on Earth Day, if the… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments