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Friday, August 10, 2012
Ten Tips for Dealing with Anger in Marriage
We may not like to talk about it, but if you’re married, you’ve been
there. How do we deal with our anger in marriage? How do we argue? How
do we reconcile? We all have different ways of handling our differences
with our spouse, but here are a few things I’ve learned over the 13
years I’ve been married to my husband.
1. Stop talking – wait till you can be reasonable and sincere
Before you say something you don’t mean, stop. You can’t take your
words back. You can ask forgiveness...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
No Greater Love: 3 Heroes from Aurora
(As posted at Austin Catholic New Media:)
When I was sixteen, I had a boyfriend. My young heart was madly in
love. I had also spent some time reading the Bible, inspired by my
Baptist friends. One day, I came across this verse:
“No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” John 15:13
In a fit of romanticism, I wrote it out on a pretty piece of paper
and...
Thursday, July 12, 2012
{pretty, happy, funny, real}
~ Capturing the context of everyday life ~
Every Thursday, at Like Mother, Like Daughter!
{pretty}
I love downtown Bryan, Texas. This wall, across from a cafe where I go sometimes to work, has an old, weathered, once-painted Coca-Cola signed. The colors just can't be recreated. I love this wall!
{happy}
I've started blogging regularly at Austin Catholic...
Thursday, July 5, 2012
{Pretty. Happy. Funny. Real.}
~ Capturing the context of everyday life ~
Every Thursday, at Like Mother, Like Daughter!
{pretty}
Fireworks are always pretty. After a strange day where my husband worked instead of taking the day off, it all ended well. We joined the rest of the Bryan/College Station area at the George Bush Presidential Library for the annual 4th of July celebration. A symphony, a breeze,...
Friday, June 29, 2012
And I Find Myself Smirking at God
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Does your child ever do something so witty and surprising that you just shake your head and let a smirk creep across your face?
My son cracked out with a clever quip last week and I just burst out laughing. I don’t often burst out into anything.
I like that feeling.
Over the past few weeks I have found my self smirking at God. Shaking my head once again. Surprised at myself for being surprised....
Sunday, May 27, 2012
"The farmer dude is awesome!" or, "Girls' Commentary on Emma, by Jane Austen"
My daughter had her birthday sleepover last night. We went swimming, out to eat, painted nails and watched a movie. The movie was the main event, anticipated greatly by at least one of us.
Me.
You see, this was the first time I allowed my daughter to experience Jane Austen. I have protected Jane from the offense of being read by to young-a-girl, of being blown off, misunderstood, or haphazardly...
Monday, May 21, 2012
I'm not afraid anymore
I've just realized it. Just now.
I've been sitting here at my computer, attempting to design a stunning website for a client, listening to my two little girls (ages 4 and 6) playing in the living room next to me.
They were playing 'Getting Married'. This entails pretending to put make up on, going dancing and finding a husband. They ask the imaginary men if they think they're pretty. They decide...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Frayed.
As I write this, the man who relieved my husband of his job almost exactly a year ago just walked past me in Starbucks. The man who, because of his actions, caused my husband to find a new job which he spends 3 hours a day driving to and from. I am resentful of this man. I resent his shiny shoes and expensive suit. Of his well groomed head of hair swept back so handsomely. I resent that he tries to make eye contact and I avoid, because this time, I think I really might punch him. I resent the fact...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Bookish Catholics
Reading Woman by Poul Friis Nybo
We have a happy new little thing around here.
A book a month. Great women to discuss them with. Can it get any better? A book club.
A Catholic Book Club. Inspired by such as Betty Duffy, her reading group Reading for Believers and Leila at Like Mother Like Daughter.
I think this satisfies a long held dream. To be a literature professor at a small Catholic...
Thursday, April 5, 2012
a Holy Thursday that feels like any other day.
I suffer from the torment of high expectations.
I woke up this morning, Holy Thursday morning, knowing that it is my favorite feast. Knowing that it is filled with stunning memories of my conversion, of special friends, of wafts of overwhelming incense, of priests laying themselves on the carpet before the altar, of walking through the dark in procession singing ancient hymns, of hours kneeling on a linoleum floor praying late into the night in front of the Real Presence with tears running down...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
St. Valentine, I'm All In.
I am celebrating Valentine's Day this year.
For the first time in many. Probably the first time since I've been married.
When I was in high school, I'd obsess over V-Day. Would I get a surprise bouquet of roses? Would I have a secret admirer? How many carnations would my friends send me and would I have more than the chick with the locker above mine? Would that boy I looked at in English class...
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Great Books for Children
UPDATED 4/27/12
I’ve compiled a list of our favorite children’s books. This list is for a true reader. I have not included any little children's books or beginner reader books. There are just so many fabulous books out there, so I stayed in the land that I know well – Children’s Literature 2nd – 11th grade (give or take). I haven't had time to organize the books by order of difficulty.
Here...