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R.C. Mommy: January 2011
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Welcome to my brain dump! Wednesday, January 26, 2011. Holding on for a hero. To develop my Catholic identity, or to develop it in my family, requires intentional living. It is not enough to float through my life, to be comfortable in my Catholicism. If I'm comfortable, I'm not doing it right. Fr Z wrote about heroic virtue, the quality that defines a saint, the other day. I'm going to quote him here:. 8221;, some of you are about to say. “Heroic virtue? How can any of us aspire to such a thing! You don'...
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R.C. Mommy: Top 10 reasons why I love NFP!
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Welcome to my brain dump! Wednesday, May 18, 2005. Top 10 reasons why I love NFP! 10 I love knowing my basal temperature. 9 Cervical checks are great exercise. 8 I spend quality time with my husband discussing our chart. 7 Never have to use a condom. 6 No icky pills to forget to take every day. 5 My marriage is less likely to fail than if I were contracepting. 4 Less risk of heart attack and breast cancer than if I were contracepting. 2 I am not living in a constant state of Mortal Sin. For the article t...
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R.C. Mommy: Thank you Fr. Anonymous!
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Welcome to my brain dump! Tuesday, May 17, 2005. Thank you Fr. Anonymous! Last September, I was going with my mom and kids to the Celtic Classic. He said Of course not and he hears my confession. He knelt next to me, I confessed and he absolved me in Latin! I got to talk to this nameless priest (So rude. I didn't even ask him his name) and he was there with some boys from St. Gregory's Academy. Hmmmm What does that bode for some of our orders? So I have been thinking about this priest and I would like to...
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R.C. Mommy: February 2011
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Welcome to my brain dump! Saturday, February 26, 2011. I feel a little bit like a hypocrite recommending St. Francis de Sales' "Introduction to the Devout Life" to you in my previous post. The reason for this is that I have never actually finished reading it myself. Why have I never finished reading this classic of Catholic spirituality? Because, like Gollum, I am not ready to detach myself from the sins I hold onto so dearly. T or get off the pot so to speak. I am afraid of hell. That will have ...For t...
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R.C. Mommy: November 2010
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Welcome to my brain dump! Saturday, November 27, 2010. Random randomness part 785. Hello, Internet. I know you missed me. My life has been cuckoo crazy lately. Here's a recap:. I am leading our younger son's cub scout den, which feels completely overwhelming, but probably because of the flag football experience as outlined above. I do enjoy it, but I feel I have have said yes to too much this year. So, there is most of it, I think. Isn't that enough? We're both due within a month of each other again.
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R.C. Mommy: whatever and ever
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Welcome to my brain dump! Thursday, October 20, 2011. It's been a while. Had a baby. You know, life happened and then before you know it's it's been months and months since you've posted anything. Let me ease back in with some sound bites. In no particular order:. 2 I have decided that the baby's blog name will be P-nut. Because she's small. And I like the way that looks. It's kind of what I imagine Beyonce and Jay-Z will call their baby. The picture above was from July. 5 Our pastor has allowed me to wo...
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R.C. Mommy: December 2010
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Welcome to my brain dump! Thursday, December 09, 2010. My life is complicated and stressful right now. And in it I can see God's hand holding mine. I can see Him providing though the kindness of other people and I am grateful. I am beyond frustrated with certain people I am related to. I want normal again. I want this sh! I can't think any further ahead than the next 5 minutes. It's 12:13. I'm just trying to get to 1:00. I feel like I go around the clock and am accomplishing nothing. For the article that...
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R.C. Mommy: Honesty is such a lonely word
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Welcome to my brain dump! Wednesday, March 16, 2005. Honesty is such a lonely word. I subscribe to "America" magazine, a Jesuit publication. A couple of months ago, they ran a big story on annulments. What's an annulment? Go here, it's a great resource: http:/ www.cin.org/users/james/files/annulments.htm. Can't we say that about all situations in our lives? I can't say for you, but everytime I try to keep something important on the down low, it explodes in my face. I haven't been around that long (I'...
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R.C. Mommy: April 2011
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Welcome to my brain dump! Friday, April 22, 2011. 7 Quick Takes Friday: Easter Egg edition. With many thanks to the lovely Jennifer of Conversion Diary. 3 Since it was 11 PM and I had been in her chair for THREE HOURS I told her to go for it. 4 Now I look less like Strawberry Shortcake. And more like Vitamin C. Only my hair is red and blonde, not red and yellow). 5 Remember the Graduation Song by Vitamin C? From this Easter Egg to you, Happy Easter! Labels: 7 quick takes. Friday, April 15, 2011. 3 As an ...