My daughter made me cry today (no, really)

My daughter made me cry today (no, really)

We can spend most of our parenting worrying and questioning our decisions I don't think there is one parent (mother or father) who can say that they are 100% certain that they have made the correct choice for every parenting decision. We can discern each choice...

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[UPDATED] We finally figured out the phone thing with our LAST child (moral: don’t be like us)

[UPDATED] We finally figured out the phone thing with our LAST child (moral: don’t be like us)

With eight children, you would think we would have figured out the phone thing before now. 

We tried so many things—but when it came to needing a phone for Caroline, we were still stumped. She is the youngest we have ever considered getting a phone for, but with her recently being accepted to a youth orchestra as a cellist, she needed a way to reach us when she is at rehearsals.

After more research, we have finally found a solution!

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How to Read our NEW Wordless Book

How to Read our NEW Wordless Book

My newest Catholic children’s book is…wordless!

Now, perhaps you are wondering what the purpose of a wordless book is? Does it count as “reading”?

Let me tell you why wordless books are so important AND give you some tips for sharing them with your kids!

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How to Use Holy Heroes in Your Parish

How to Use Holy Heroes in Your Parish

Have you wondered how to utilize Holy Heroes resources in your parish? Here is a quick “cheat sheet” of how you can!

Hey, could you do us a favor and forward this to your pastor or parish DRE or a Catholic teacher? They may find something that peaks their interest!

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Highly recommend–helped me reclaim short car time I would have wasted

Highly recommend–helped me reclaim short car time I would have wasted

We moms & dads spend a lot of time driving for pick-ups and drop-offs, not just actually driving but also sitting in the car waiting….and sometimes waiting and waiting.

I found that the last swim meet weekend was made very valuable to me by listening to the short saint talks in this new online series. In fact, I took NOTES on many of the talks–they were that good. 

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