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from the desire to buy a BILLY bookcase, deliver me, o Lord

The children in the schools of Iran are my children, too.

ROMPING with my school-chums in the fens and spinneys, when the twilight bathed the hedgerows like a lambent flame!!!!

the number of "Lenten challenges" this year appears to be endless and I don't like it

husband: what do you call a toddler who doesn't want to go to bed? a jammie dodger!

in case anyone was mean to you this weekend when you brought your kids to church, please know that's their problem, not yours, and your kids have as much of a right to go to church as anyone else

I have a very clear memory of it being recorded on VHS right before something else

I thought there was a Christmas time cartoon of the Corduroy book but I can't find it on the internet

"I do Mama's guard," he'll say as he stabs my crochet hook into the skein

toddler pronounces "yarn" as "guard" for some reason and it's so cute

I know, it's just so hard to not be mad about it even though I know I'm wasting my energy

my bishop is bilingual and cares very deeply for our immigrant community. he works closely with Catholic Charities who have been continuing to care for the many migrants across the diocese. I know the government is not happy with CC but they're like " 🤷🏼‍♀️ gonna live the Gospel anyways"

my bishop, who is not in Minnesota, has released a statement about the Holy Hour for peace/calling on people to actually read the Church's teaching on immigration. Bp Barron, who IS in Minnesota, has not.

I was worried someone was going to be weird about it but thankfully no one was

scandal: toddler boy snatches away his mother's veil during Mass to cover his entire head and face while grinning at fellow churchgoers

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

remember when American hated Catholics because we were publicly loyal to the pope and ppl thought that was a threat to patriotism? we should return to that

area toddler is upset that he cannot read the meme I showed his dad

I don't think the solution to expensive weddings is to shame people into using the parish hall. in part because the church where we were married did not have a parish hall, and afaik still does not have one

(I know it isn't)

I'm trying to wrap my brain around how this is even a little bit logical

toddler, very solemnly: Pope...died.
me, slightly alarmed: uhh Pope Francis died last year, baby.
toddler: *nods* yeah.

pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:

"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."

the world does feel very bleak but kindness, generosity, selflessness do still exist

it's so lovely to see people in the neighborhood group thanking anonymous good Samaritans for shoveling their driveways, sidewalks etc

Woman on the right was using her walker to advance into the tear gas

Let us all have the courage displayed by the residents of Minneapolis.

I don't post my child's face on public social media but I got a picture of him making this face today. please imagine it's my baby making this face instead

He has a son the same age as Liam Ramos. You'd think and hope that that would matter somehow

would anyone like to join me in a later afternoon spiral

toddler has started requesting "Mama's music" (Palestrina)