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 (17), 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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Morning Basket

Image of The Wheel on the School

Image of Saints for Young Readers for Every Day, Vol. 1: January-June

Image of The New Saint Joseph First Communion Catechism

Image of A Child's Garden of Verses

Image of Romeo and Juliet

On the Nightstand

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

Image of The Magic of Ordinary Days

Image of Simplify Your Life: Get Organized and Stay That Way

Jumping into Advent… a bit late

I’ll admit it.  I tend to have an “all or nothing” personality.  So when Advent started on Sunday and I hadn’t gotten my rear in gear, I figured, “Ah well, there’s always next year!!!”  Well a well-timed email from a blessed friend and mentor encouraged me to jump into Advent.  She, of course, didn’t know [...]

Easter Weekend in Pictures

I was the sponsor for my cousin as she was confirmed into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil!!! YEAH!!!

My children in the Easter clothes…

Lenny, at left, serves as an altar boy for the high mass…

Lenny and Father McCartney

Hope [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!!

 

Christmas Tableau Picture

Just a quick picture of my three oldest children from the Christmas tableau from Christmas Eve mass.  Aren’t my two angels and Joseph cute???

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception Explained

This is indeed a glorious feast day but one that is unfortunately often misunderstood by both non-Catholics AND Catholics. The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is where we celebrate MARY’S conception – not Jesus’ as is often thought. It is Mary we recognize as being immaculately conceived. But what does that mean? It means that [...]

Destination: Wisconsin – Part 1 of 3

The second day of our journey went very smoothly. After a 10 hour trip from Long Island to Michigan, the 6 hour trip from Michigan to Wisconsin seemed like a breeze!!! We arrived at Julie’s house and saw eight little heads peeking out of the various locations to survey their new house guests.

This trip was [...]

Happy Birthday to the Best Mother Ever!!!

  Today is the Blessed Mother’s Birthday.  Well last night for Lily’s birthday, her grandparents took us all out to dinner.  While walking into the bathroom, Lily lovingly looked at me and said, “You’re the best mom in the world for me.”  Then she seemed to be thinking for a moment and added, “I guess [...]

More Liturgical Calendar Ideas

Recently when I posted about my liturgical calendar, I referenced a post by Katherine of A Living Education. This led to a series of emails between Katherine and me about how we could make our calendar reusable year to year with the changes in the liturgical calendar (i.e. some feasts are not always on the [...]

New Year’s Resolutions – Part IIa – The Calendar Project

As far as my children are concerned, my major resolution concerns celebrating more fully the liturgical year and the feast days of the Church and becoming a more prayerful family. I see this taking several forms:

1_ Using both the picture books from Catholic Mosaic and activities from A Year with God: Celebrating the Liturgical Year, [...]

A Feast Day To Remember

I can not adequately express the excitement my children and I felt as we drove in the pouring rain yesterday to meet Alice of Cottage Blessings and her family.  We were not disappointed!!!  Alice and her children put on a wonderfully meaningful Guadalupe Tea which helped us to visualize through food the events of Juan [...]