Rome-ing with Kids
It was a beautiful, arduous, anxious, prayerful and exhausting 12 days abroad. Mostly it was wonderful, but there were definite moments of “what were we thinking” and “please let me lose consciousness soon.” Mostly to do with…
The Sunday of Four Popes
(That’s what the Italian press were calling it, anyway) We’re well into our fifth day in Italy (and our nightly bottle of chianti) and I cannot even fathom the amount of things we’ve done and seen in…
Pilgrim Up
We’re leaving tomorrow morning at 7 am, so naturally, I’m not quite done packing. Nor are my dishes done, but eh, what are frantic 11pm housecleaning sessions for? What I am doing right now is camping out…
Have Kids, Will Travel
I did not set out to a be a mother who specialized in travel with small ones, particularly travel of the international sort. I don’t really like flying, and I probably did it half a dozen times…
That Time JPII Saved Me From Myself
Let’s rewind about a decade or so. It’s the spring semester of my ‘first’ senior year (I’ll explain later) in college, and I’m living the dream. Sort of. I’m 22 years old, living in a crappy 2-storey…
JPII Love Story Linkup
You guys…I’m so overwhelmed with gratitude and I’m so humbled by all the prayer requests and intentions you’ve shared – keep ’em coming! We’re going to get a little notebook and write them all down so that…
Epic Gifts
So we had a great Palm Sunday, and now I totally get why this is known as the mass-which-is-dreaded-by-parents because hello children, please pick up your weapon at the door. So I get that now. But ain’t…
