Where have I been?  What an insightful question. I used to blog, right? And then, my children suddenly grew up, my youngest became a tee...

The delightful, lovely, and very kind Ana Hahn, from Time Flies When You're Having Babies , is doing a blog series -- "How Do They ...

10. It's been hot this summer. Everything is languishing. 9.  My friend Paula was visiting from Chicago -- I was busy with her and Ram...

The beauty of blogging, or the absence of it. Sorry. I'm in a " Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" sort of mood . I...

I added my two cents to Sarah Reinhard 's "Looking Closer at the Hail Mary" series, and my post is here . See the whole seri...

I don't even know where to begin. We had a great thing going. Oh, sure, I know you had the same thing with just-about-everyone-else-o...

... I am busy pretending to be a mom-of-many. Five extra kids here this weekend (two of them teens, so they're of course a huge help, ...

... you may have been confused to read this: I'm home-sweet-home-schooled, I love the color pink, and just a few of my favorite books ...

When I was a new mom, I had visions of meeting other new moms at the neighborhood park. On TV and in the movies, moms were always at the par...

He just walked through the room and asked what I was doing. When I said I was working on a blog post, he said, "You mean you still have...

I know. Nothing. Here's a riddle for you: What do you get when you combine a deadline for a major writing project with allergy seaso...

I had a lovely post planned for Poetry Friday last week, but couldn't get it done because we were without internet access most of that m...

Last month, I mentioned that Jennifer at Conversion Diary was putting together a series of posts meant to reflect on the Lord's pray...

Why do mothers feel so guilty about being "only" mothers?  Why do we sometimes think that if our vocation and our work is "ju...

... or was I dreaming? I think I had an online spot wherein I thought about things and then wrote about them. Lately, though, it seems t...

"It's okay that I'm not writing this down ... I'll remember this idea." No. I won't. I never do. Sigh. Must...

Very cool -- check it out here at Catholic Gadget .

The second part of Thursday's Faith and Family Live Podcast was about blogging moms, and Danielle Bean gave me the nicest shout-out nea...

one of my favorite people, Alicia Van Hecke , who runs the Love2Learn website. This post is a perfect example of why I love to read Ali...

Do you ever check in on your blog stats?  And you see that someone spent an extended period of time reading your blog? And so you say to ...