An EASY Lent Tradition for Kids! {video}
One of our favorite Lenten traditions throughout the years is the Bean Jar! This is an easy tradition you can start TODAY with your young children–all you need is an empty jar and some dried beans!
Watch this quick video about how to start this tradition:
Top 10 Catholic Gifts of Christmas
The five kids still at home wanted to re-do the Top Ten Catholic Gifts of Christmas video which they did 10 years ago. So, when Virginia visited with her husband and baby Lucia, they set up the curtain and did it again. First watch the 2008 version, then the 2018...
Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages
In sacramental marriage we have all be the grace we need to make our marriages successful. But as Jesus says, in this world we shall have tribulation. While we should rely on Jesus to help us overcome these irritations and stresses--and while we should...
My Favorite Tiny Catholic Books (from when I was little, too!)
Growing up, I loved to read! I especially loved it when I found TINY books to read. I don’t mean books that are short, but tiny books that could easily fit into my hands.
Revealing: The product with the most GRANDPARENT reviews
Christmas is approaching...which means you are beginning to get questions from your parents about what they should buy their grandkids for Christmas. (YES: MY parents are asking my sister and her husband again and again...even though since their granddaughter has 6...
Kids tell us: Favorite St. Nicholas Day Shoe (& Stocking) Stuffers
St. Nicholas Day is December 6th! I’ve talked to my siblings (and reviewed the feedback from customers, too), and we’ve put together a list of small toys and games for all ages that are small enough to fit into even the tiniest shoe.
I skipped school to read this (Moral: get this for your grandkids!)
“Excuse me, do you have a book that I can read aloud to my younger kids and they can look at the pictures? I want something about Jesus.” I glanced up from the stack of books that I was rearranging on the table of a busy Catholic homeschool conference to see a woman...
Road to Bethlehem: WOW! The best new Catholic Game
A game that I was told is as strategic and fun as Ticket to Ride (Therese loves that game) and Settlers of Catan (a long weekend favorite) and has an endorsement from Fr. Mitch Pacwa of EWTN and the Archbishop of Warsaw--now THAT caught my attention, and I am...
How my little niece revealed to me the Beauty of Life
As I held my baby niece for the first time, something hit me; this is life, this is what it feels like, what it looks like. And this is the true, underlying beauty of it. The thought of life may seem simple, but the beauty and complexity of it is undeniable. My real...
Respect Life Month: 5 ways moms-with-babies can help
In my junior and senior years of college, I used to pray and sidewalk counsel outside of a nearby abortion clinic most Saturdays (No, this did not mean that I waved a sign and screamed at clients going into the clinic - for more info on sidewalk counseling, you can go...
Intercession of Venerable Fulton Sheen
The beauty of most spiritual works of mercy is that there is usually no need to go anywhere special or make any big plans; you can just respond to what is in front of you, wherever you are, and frequently God brings the opportunity to perform these works right to...
