Thursday, January 31, 2008

Separation Anxiety and Naptime Refusal – RESOLUTION! - Part IV

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My now-eighteen-month toddler has finally resumed her normal night and naptime schedule. We went out for a quick errand at 11:30 AM today a...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Little People Must Write to be “Heard”

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I subscribe to the popular mainstream, liberal newspaper on Long Island, Newsday. I feel I have little choice in the matter, as they have a...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

Eighteen Months

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During these difficult few weeks I had to sometimes remind myself that motherhood was truly a divine gift. “Could one die from lack of slee...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Separation Anxiety and Naptime Refusal - Part III

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If I complete this post, you may assume I have achieved some reasonable amount of success in the sleep stand-off between me and my toddler. ...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

Separation Anxiety and Naptime Refusal – Part II

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The problem of my toddler's "sleep strike", as outlined in my last post, has persisted for one week now. Things have gone fro...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Separation Anxiety and Naptime Refusal – Part I

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I know there will be a Part II to this, at the very least, as this has been the major ongoing issue ruling my life over the past month. My y...
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Monday, January 14, 2008

A Toddler and "The Water Horse"

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Two weeks ago the Catholic school had a half day for teachers’ conferences. I love those days because I can take the kids wherever we like ...
Saturday, January 12, 2008

A Shower of Happiness

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Today my daughters and I attended a baby shower for my sister-in-law. It was in a very classy restaurant, which was well-attended by about ...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Lightheartedness

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When my mother called last night, I gave her little chance to tell me why she had called. Barely pausing to take a breath, I told her how m...
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Friday, January 4, 2008

"Emily's Hope", by Ellen Gable

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“Emily’s Hope” by Ellen Gable is a semi-autobiographical novel about a young woman, Emily, who, in the course of doing a genealogical high s...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Christmas in Florida

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We just got home from a long-awaited vacation to visit my grandparents in Florida. Until I met my husband, I used to visit them annually. ...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Christmas Greetings

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I love getting the mail this time of year. Even if I rarely hear from someone, I always love to receive their wishes for a Merry Christmas....
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Complaining at Christmas Time

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Okay, we all know we are supposed to be full of good cheer this month, but I am sure all of we moms lose patience at least once with all we ...
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Saturday, December 15, 2007

100

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Tonight I reach a bloggers’ milestone: 100 posts. As I keep to a simple theme and yet try not to be redundant, it is always a challenge to ...
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Thursday, December 13, 2007

The Story of the Trapp Family Singers

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Before my review I must make a confession. I purchased “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers” , by Maria Augusta Trapp , for my ten-year-o...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

O Little Chocolate House

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One tradition I have maintained since childhood is that of making chocolate houses at Christmas. I used to make these with my mother. We w...
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

St. Nicholas: From Austria to Long Island

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How lovely that it should snow here on Long Island on the vigil of the Feast of Saint Nicholas! It also snowed lightly on the First Sunday ...
Sunday, December 2, 2007

Kicking Off Advent: Our Christmas and Jesse Trees

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Today being the first Sunday of Advent, we had an activity-filled weekend kicking off this wonderful season. My husband went out for a fres...
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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...