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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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

We Have a Special Visitor...

We are so blessed to belong to a wonderful Catholic home-school group.  And our fearless leader, Alice Gunther,  manages by the grace of God (and I’m sure much prayer) to keep us (over 100 families) together.  Alice has been kind enough to share her beautiful statue of the Blessed Mother.  Our Lady is [...]

Stop!!!

 Sometimes God just plops me on my butt… and this is one of those times… walking pneumonia… ugh… I am not used to being so inactive… in fact I hate it… but I know that my body needs rest and recovery… so here I sit… praying for a quick recovery… Lord, please grant me [...]

St. Andrew’s Novena

 Feast of St. Andrew

Today is the day to begin the Christmas Novena from now until Christmas. Here is the prayer:

Hail, and blessed be the hour and moment at which the Son of God was born of a most pure Virgin at a stable at midnight in Bethlehem in the piercing cold. At that [...]