Can I pray for you?
Tomorrow morning we head out bright and early with one sweet but angrily-teething baby (who will be assuring our otherwise glamorous trip remains firmly categorized as “pilgrimage”) and 2 suitcases. We’re connecting through NYC and then straight…
7 quick takes: oldschool
Remember when blogging was just basically long Facebook statuses? And bloggers wrote about mundane minutia and nothing was brand conscious or beautiful or filtered? Sometimes I miss those days. I think readers do too? I’m not saying I…
What a difference a year makes
I just finished reading this post, dated one year ago today, and I just cannot fathom that 1. Italy was so, so hard (and I was so, so whiney) and 2. That I had so many moments…
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…
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…
An Anniversary
One year ago today I sat staring in stunned disbelief at my computer screen, my eyes darting between the glaring announcement on my Facebook newsfeed (of all the ways to get big news…) and the glistening dome…
Welcomed Home
We’ve been on the ground in Denver for over two weeks now, and honestly, it feels like we never left…like maybe Rome was some kind of gauzy, fading dream (nightmare? Perhaps at times) that fades a little…
Starbucks and Target and Walmart, Oh My…
Alive and oh-so-well in the Mile High City. Unrelated image of a baby with a miniature pint glass. Can’t decide which is cuter. We don’t have internet at the house (House! A house! With a yard! And…
5 Favorites, With a Brogue
Coming at you live from one very comfortable hotel room in Dublin City center, where we opted for a 2 day layover to break up the transatlantic madness and soak in a little heritage, to boot. Linking…
Finish Line
Today is my last day as a stay at home mom in Rome. What that means on a practical level is that my beloved will be hanging up his press credentials for the last time come 6…
