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The Life and Times of Baby Gordon
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The Life and Times of Baby Gordon. The secret fairy song. Let's Get Ready to Rumble. Somebody's Got an Ice Cream Belly. Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk. Go and sin no more. On The beauty of small sentences. On The first potty. On Three tales of Maddie. On The beauty of small sentences. On Life at 18 (months, that is). On Life at 18 (months, that is). On An update, at last! On An update, at last! No 1 and No. 2. May 18, 2010. The secret fairy song. December 17, 2009. September 02, 2009.
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Another Espresso Please: Almost Wordless Wednesday
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Daily life in a large mixed up Catholic family. Relying on prayer, the Mass and lots o' coffee to keep on going! Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Andy Warhol, Crosses, Giclee print, 1981-82. Even modern artists, under their oh so clever hip society cap,. Might surprise us and ponder the call of this season. We are marching toward Jerusalem: Wednesday, Holy Week. For more Wordless Wednesday, go here. OLLIE MCKAY'S A Chic Boutique. Like the post and comment! April 20, 2011 at 4:50 PM. April 20, 2011 at 6:12 PM.
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Another Espresso Please: Look Closer Again. And again
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Daily life in a large mixed up Catholic family. Relying on prayer, the Mass and lots o' coffee to keep on going! Saturday, May 7, 2011. Look Closer Again. And again. Look Closer, Again. I wrote this last year. I think this has to be an annual post maybe. Because we cannot should not forget. And I don't know how to say this differently. So, I'm saying it again and again:. The faces are the same. They are joined by new ones. But, mostly, they are the same. Today is World AIDS Orphans Day. What I write about.
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Another Espresso Please: How Can this Day be Good?
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Daily life in a large mixed up Catholic family. Relying on prayer, the Mass and lots o' coffee to keep on going! Friday, April 22, 2011. How Can this Day be Good? Detail of painting, Tissot. The Passion of Christ. Veneration of the Cross. Hungry, tired, hard, sad. An unspeakable, truly, tough day. Good, yes, but the hardest most unspeakable kind of good. Painting by Tissot, "What Christ saw from the Cross". But yes, glorious good; if unseen as such then, and sometimes now. Reposted from several years ago*.
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Another Espresso Please: Setting Fire
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Daily life in a large mixed up Catholic family. Relying on prayer, the Mass and lots o' coffee to keep on going! Friday, April 29, 2011. Today is the feast day of another of my favorite saints, more so now than ever: St. Catherine of Siena. Siena also happens to be one of my top two favorite towns in Italy, I loved it there! So much to say about this saint, but this quote from this amazing holy faithful pushy humble strong woman, Doctor of the Church, really sums it up:. Hattie Heaton (Mom of an Addict).
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Another Espresso Please: Word of joy
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Daily life in a large mixed up Catholic family. Relying on prayer, the Mass and lots o' coffee to keep on going! Sunday, April 24, 2011. It is an ancient tradition, this phrase in the liturgy. But it's one that keeps rolling around my head this morning, after the beautiful late vigil Mass last night. Rubens, "The Resurrection of Christ". I announce to you a great joy: it is the Alleluia.". He is risen indeed. Michaelangelo's drawing, "The Resurrection of Christ". Happy Joyful Glorious Easter! View my com...
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Another Espresso Please: Mama Strength
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Daily life in a large mixed up Catholic family. Relying on prayer, the Mass and lots o' coffee to keep on going! Thursday, May 12, 2011. Today is a kooky day in a choppy crazy week. I mean, today's parenting had me looking at the clock at 6:38 am and thinking, " I'm done. Uh-oh. I've used up all my parenting goodness already, holy mackerel. But of course, I wasn't. Not by a long shot. Not much later, I went to the school Mass and my sweet Emmy came to sit by me. Ah, bliss. Tough morning with a wild.
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Another Espresso Please: Via Crucis, week 6: Good Friday
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Daily life in a large mixed up Catholic family. Relying on prayer, the Mass and lots o' coffee to keep on going! Friday, April 22, 2011. Via Crucis, week 6: Good Friday. Every Friday in Lent I'm putting up the Stations of the Cross. It's an uber Catholic thing.but then again not. Anyone can meditate on the Stations of the Cross, and lent is the perfect time to do so. It is a rigorous walk, in prayer.and has it's own hard beauty. Take a look, read, pray if you are inclined:. These are from the UCSSB site.
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Another Espresso Please: Turn-Keys in Adoption: Family Dinner
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Daily life in a large mixed up Catholic family. Relying on prayer, the Mass and lots o' coffee to keep on going! Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Turn-Keys in Adoption: Family Dinner. Ah, the family dinner. A subject that greater minds and bigger hearts than mine have explored and pondered for many years. Indeed, it's a fixation of modern shelter magazines and cable shows; how to cook and create a wonderland of fantasy meals. I'm not gonna attempt to lay down new paths or thoughts; that's above my pay grade.
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Another Espresso Please: Measuring. Or, how to make yourself crazy in older child adoption...
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Daily life in a large mixed up Catholic family. Relying on prayer, the Mass and lots o' coffee to keep on going! Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Measuring. Or, how to make yourself crazy in older child adoption. We do it all the time. I could go on a tear about how we as Americans do it, with everything, but that might be a whole 'nother post.and the point is that we do it consciously or unconsciously.ALL THE TIME. But let's stay focused: as parents we measure.what? Hmmm Think maybe not? Because if you're adopting...
