Dear Henry XIV
Dear Henry, Today you are eleven months old! For the last two months, Jacob has been saying, with raised eyebrows and a look of disbelief, “He’s going to be a year old!” That milestone is creeping...
View ArticleHappy Liturgical New Year!
This morning after Mass, the orange and yellow flowers were taken from the altar, and a host of volunteers began to ready the church in evergreens, purple, and pink to usher in the season of Advent....
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A Not So Adventy Advent
December is a busy time. We all know this. We try not to add in too many extra things, because there is more than enough implied by simply stating the name of the month. “December.” Eek. I had vague...
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My Holiday Star
A few weeks ago, I went to Dunkin Donuts (alternately referred to as “the shrine” in our household) with my sister-in-law Kathleen. She offered to buy me a doughnut, and I requested the pumpkin pie...
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Dear Henry XV
Dear Henry, Happy birthday! Today you are one year old, and my heart is bursting with joy. I recently made the annual photo book to share with our family, and just now I finished the slideshow of the...
View ArticleGratitude for the Season
The second half of this year was a big transition for our family, and it’s been both wonderful and challenging. I’ve only recently come to realize that it’s okay that we’re not totally settled yet....
View ArticleDear Ethan V
Dear Ethan, Sunday is the two-year anniversary of losing you. Two weeks later is the two-year anniversary of finding out we’d lost you. The last couple weeks have been full of celebration around...
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Rome Sweet Home—A Giveaway!
This year, my home parish offered everyone a little gift at Christmastime—one that we were not to keep for ourselves, and one that, this week, I’m extending to you. In light of the call to a New...
View ArticleJust a Small Town Girl
Don’t forget to enter the book giveaway–Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberly Hahn–here before Friday! * * * As Jacob gets older, I’m consciously posting less about who he is and how he...
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The End of an Era
My friends, the time has come. After months of deliberation, prayer, and reckoning with the voice that I trust to be my conscience, it’s time for my posts here as YoungMarriedMom to come to an end....
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