About Us

My name is Heather and I have been the help meet to my wonderful husband, Len, for 20 years. Our children are Hope (18), Lenny (14), Lily (9), Wren (Born to heaven, 10/02), Mary (Born to heaven, 9/03), Lucy (Born to heaven, Early '04), and Peter (5). Five doggies round out our happy brood.

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Image of The Power of Less: The Fine Art of Limiting Yourself to the Essential...in Business and in Life

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Fasting and Prayer – the “Great Lent”

I’m starting my preparation for the season of Lent – sort of easing into the changes I want to make for this blessed season.  So I have decided to let my blog take a rest until after Easter.  It is a hard decision but a necessary one.  I will be checking my email so please [...]

A New Meme

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The Loveliness of Romance – Now That’s Romantic!!!

After reading Mary Ellen’s post on romance and after receiving an encouraging email from Margaret, I have decided to chime in on the topic of romance. It has taken me many years to shed my teenage ideas about romance developed largely by movies I can’t believe my parents ever let me watch. We [...]

Not to Be Missed…

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Tis True, Tis True, I’m Weird!!!

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A “Johnny Tremain” Quiz

Recently as a change of pace, I asked my 14 year old daughter, Hope, to make up a quiz/Jeopardy-style gameshow about Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. This book is historical fiction about the Revolutionary War period. We had just completed this book as a family read-aloud and I wanted to assign something different [...]

A Quiz

You are a 97% traditional Catholic!

 

Congratulations! You are more knowlegeable than most modern theologians! You have achieved mastery over [...]