Matt speaking here:Marcel from Mary’s Aggies will be guest posting here once a week for the next month. We’re happy to have him here. It’ll be nice to have someone smart to speak with at the CMR Editorial Meetings. Before… Continue Reading →
My daughters love getting on the internet and playing games and watching X-Men and Justice League videos. I closely monitor them and sit nearby. On Saturday we all went out into the snow. The children played while I shoveled out… Continue Reading →
The two of them ran out of school together, their hair wild and their coats unbuttoned – a public argument against fathers staying home with children. They raced as they often do. Well, race might be inaccurate as the seven… Continue Reading →
One of the greatest moments of my parenting career occurred today. One of those moments that reminds me what miracles my children are. I’ll start from the beginning. My children have taken turns throwing up the past few days so… Continue Reading →
A woman said to me recently that my five children were very well behaved. It’s one of the best things I can hear so I thanked her. Then she asked me “how do you do it with so many?” I… Continue Reading →
My four year old son walked up to me yesterday while I was setting the table for dinner. “Uhm” he asked hesitangly”Is it too late to add things to my Christmas list?” “I think so,” I said, eyeing the three… Continue Reading →
My daughter got five wrong on a Math test. Five! I could tell the moment she appeared in the doorway of the school at the end of the day that something had gone wrong. Everyday, my seven year old daughter… Continue Reading →
They say you can’t take it with you. Well, just watch me. I’m talking about secrets. Newsflash to the 21st century: Not every iota of information in your life needs to be spoken out loud. I know that’s kind of… Continue Reading →
This week was the Gospel about the first being last and the last being first. I always smile when I hear it because it reminds me of a story my cousin told me. Each morning my cousin’s young daughter would… Continue Reading →
Tonight I was thinking about gifts we are given. Gifts we don’t deserve. Gifts we didn’t ask for. And gifts we don’t even realize what they are until much later. I was driving a girl I knew back to college… Continue Reading →
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