Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The Runaway Bunny

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Margaret Wise Brown’s classics “The Runaway Bunny” and “Goodnight Moon” have earned their place on millions of children’s bookshelves. It i...
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Sunday, November 25, 2007

Boys DO Notice Hair!

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This afternoon, I went and got myself a long-overdue haircut. I say long-overdue because I HATE to get haircuts. I have very curly hair an...
Friday, November 23, 2007

Portraits of a Turkey

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Much of New York is shopping today, on “Black Friday”, the commercial kick-off to the Christmas season. The malls were open at 4 A.M. this ...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Scriptures of Thanksgiving

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Psalms 8: 1 - 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- 1 I give thee thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the g...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Beer, Cigarettes, and Contraception

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My husband's work as a process server takes him everywhere. Last week he had to serve a subpoena for medical records on a Planned Paren...
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Sunday, November 18, 2007

A Day Out with Dad

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Today my husband took the children to his mother’s house while I painted the children’s bathroom. It has cathedral ceilings, so quite a lar...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The Little Pink Ball

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Sometimes I have a day that is special in its absolute normalcy. I am following my normal routine and somehow every activity is enhanced wi...
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Sunday, November 11, 2007

The Miller Christmas Spreadsheet

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Since childhood, I have always been a list maker. I have always had so many projects in my head, with all the mini-steps leading to complet...
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Friday, November 9, 2007

Catholic Document on Free Will

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As promised, I continue on yesterday's topic with a primary source on the topic of free will... "DECLARATION ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM D...
Thursday, November 8, 2007

Predestination or Free Will?

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A reader asks: “As far as God hand picking people for His purposes, do you not believe in free will? Are you prescribing to Calvin's ide...
Monday, November 5, 2007

More Things People Said

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This is Part II of yesterday’s post, “ Things People Said ”. I was outside after church collecting signatures to stop Governor Eliot Spitzer...
Sunday, November 4, 2007

Things People Said

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My involvement with the 40 Days for Life program has been a real eye opener into people’s attitudes, even of those who are involved in the p...
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Thursday, November 1, 2007

The Bicycle Tire

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A man walked down the block with his little girl, answering her many questions and letting her pick up little things off the street. He see...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

My Feelings about Halloween

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I do not look forward to Halloween, and have seen my own participation as a reluctance concession to the Americanized version of this holida...
Monday, October 29, 2007

UNICEF: Trick or Treat?

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"Tuesday June 20, 2006 Abortion-Pushing UNICEF Back for Hallowe’en – Whole Month of October new Collection Drive By Hilary White TORONT...
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Saturday, October 27, 2007

40 Days for Life Tele-Rally and Webcast

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"To build on the amazing momentum that is growing across America -- and to learn how people in every city in our nation will be able to...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

Explaining Abortion to Children

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One day late last October, my then-nine-year-old daughter came home from school and told me about an informal poll that had been taken in he...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

St. Philomena and "Bella"

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I am so excited about going to see Bella with my daughters this weekend! I would like to share this letter that I received regarding this ...
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Monday, October 22, 2007

Not According to Plan

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Yesterday was one of those days composed of things not going quite right, yet ending up well. Sunday morning I had a terrible time with the ...
Saturday, October 20, 2007

College for Kids

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My fourth-grader was at St. Joseph’s College for a language arts class this morning. It just so happened that the school was hosting “Make ...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007

All Right, But Done the Wrong Way

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“Who do you think your teacher is, me or your mother?” the math teacher yelled at my sixth grader today. I somehow doubt she would have trea...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Communications and a Visit to Highbury

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“ A Visit to Highbury: Another View of Emma ”, is an entertaining and well-written novel by Joan Austen-Leigh , the great-grand-daughter of ...
Monday, October 15, 2007

The Backpack Misadventure

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I went through a great deal of worry and aggravation today over a relatively minor thing. My ten-year old ran a cross-country race after sch...
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Saturday, October 13, 2007

The Pro-Life Channel

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I was channel-surfing last night and caught an awful idea of George Carlin’s for an unmentionable [anti-life] reality channel. It gave me a...
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Friday, October 12, 2007

The Visitation

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The theme of the 2007 Respect Life Program is The Infant in My Womb Leaped for Joy . [The angel Gabriel had just told Mary the extraordinary...
Thursday, October 11, 2007

Like a Little Child

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Over the past week, my 14 ½- month-old has experimented with standing up in the middle of the room and taking one small step. At first that...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Strawberries and Cream

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The baby was in her high chair having strawberries and a bowlful of plain vanilla yogurt. The bus stopped in front of our house and she tur...
Monday, October 8, 2007

Apple Picking for President

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This Columbus Day was the perfect day for apple picking. So I packed up my kids, an apple crate, and our good old red Radio Flyer wagon, an...
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Sunday, October 7, 2007

My First Pro-Life Picket

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"Praise to God for His salvation and Judgment. Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise in the assembly of saints....
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Saturday, October 6, 2007

Stand Up For Life!

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At fourteen months, my youngest daughter is just now starting to bring herself to a stand in the middle of the room. As we have all been ho...
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Friday, October 5, 2007

Apple Crisp

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My good friend called me yesterday to confirm coffee at her house this morning. The two of us have been so busy that it was all we could do...
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