Miracle Monday: “My Sister Alicia May” Reviewed by Leticia Velasquez

My Sister Alicia May Written by Nancy Tupper Ling Illustrated by Shennen Bersani Pleasant St. Press 2009 My friend Leticia sent me this review, which was published on “Catholic Media Review.” This children’s book is about the big sister of a Down syndrome child, Alicia May. It reads in part: Sister relationships are complex and [...]

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#CNMC09: Answering the Call

Today in the keynote address, Father Dwyer talked about responding to God’s call to bring the Gospel to others, using whatever gifts we may have at our disposal. “You may only have 10 subscribers, but you are meeting the needs of those ten people in ways no bishop or priest ever can.” It’s not about [...]

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Weekend Ponderings: San Antonio Bound

In case you hadn’t heard, Craig and I are headed for the “Catholic New Media Celebration” in San Antonio … and so I’m actually writing this a bit ahead of time. Ironic, huh? So … If you happen to be in the area, why not stop on by (maybe at the Friday night reception!) and [...]

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Wee Cook Wednesday: What’s for Dinner?

One of my least favorite aspects of housekeeping is coming up with creative new menus. But today I stumbled on this website that is truly inspiring! Here’s the link… now go make some scones, and let’s have tea!

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Coping with Breast Cancer: Interview with Judy Reyes at “Women’s Health”

Because women who have never been pregnant (and never breast fed) stand a higher incidence of breast cancer than those who have. Consequently, breast cancer is a special concern for some Extraordinary Moms. I wanted to share this link at Women’s Health, which has lots of information about the diagnosis and treatment of this terrible [...]

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Miracle Monday: Do you love “deep” or “wide”?

As a kid, there was a song we used to sing in Sunday school that went like this: “Deep and wide, deep and wide, there’s a fountain flowing deep and wide.” (Repeat.) What made the song was the hand motions. As the song went faster and faster, dropping another word each time, the frantic hand [...]

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Weekend Ponderings: “And other boats were with him…”

The Gospel of Mark is quickly becoming my favorite because he packs so much into a few short words. His stories are spare and to-the-point … but every so often he slips in a phrase or detail that makes you go, “Hmmm…” Sunday’s Gospel reading is like that. In the story of the apostles on [...]

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