Our 2021 Buy Nothing Mary Garden Project

Mary garden

Last year I completed the grotto for our Mary statue, and I think it was one of my most favorite creative projects.We ended up putting Mary on our patio,  and painted the furniture and a wall to match the colors of her grotto (thank you nesting instincts for such wonderful productivity!), and planted flowers in … Read more

Motherhood and Prayer

“My soul clings fast to you; your right hand upholds me.” — Psalm 63:9 The familiar words wash over me as I rinse the breakfast dishes. Morning prayer, Sunday Week 1. I can see the verses on the page, though today I’m listening to them on a podcast. I don’t have the hands to thumb … Read more

Rise Up and Read

family book challenge

A Reading Challenge for the Catholic Family Hi everyone! I’m Kathryn, Colleen’s librarian friend. Colleen and I are big fans of reading (probably an understatement), so we thought that we would get together and create a family reading challenge for 2021. Since the theme of the blog is taking the elevator to heaven, why don’t … Read more

Some Random Thoughts on a Friday

Yowsa I am tired. Mark was on call for 108 hours straight over the holiday weekend, at 4 different hospitals. It was ridiculous and we are all spent. We are slowly climbing out of our post-call fatigue, and I’m looking forward to getting a Christmas tree and doing some decorating this weekend. This post contains … Read more

A Quick Update on a Tuesday Afternoon

Wow. Things have been busy around here, and I have not updated in quite some time. First, and most importantly, we welcomed our sweet Benedict into the world on September 5th. His birth story deserves its own blog post, and someday I will sit down and write it, but for now I’ll just say that … Read more

36 Weeks Pregnant and other updates (7QTs)

1. Today is officially 36 weeks of this pregnancy, which means little guy’s lungs are developed, and, more importantly, Mark will no longer get mad at me for praying for this baby to come out. This is right around the time each pregnancy where I am D.O.N.E. and really, really, really have just had enough … Read more

Books To Distract You

books to distract you

If you’re anything like me, you’re spending at least a little time each day hiding from the world in a book. So I thought I’d share a few of my favorites in the hope that it helps you distract yourself from whatever chaos is surrounding you. I know most libraries are closed, but these are … Read more

Our Coronavirus Experience (So far)

I came down with symptoms of COVID-19 about 2 weeks. For the first few days, we assumed it must just be the flu, but then it didn’t feel like the flu (spoiler alert: not the flu), so I started to get nervous. We spent a few days trying to get answers about what to do, … Read more