My heart has been heavy recently. It seems like so much darkness and sadness is going on in the world recently, and its all tugging on my heartstrings. From my loss, to other’s losses, and all the other depressing news reports, I’ve felt discouraged. But I look down and see the shirt I’m wearing today. …
I’m a professional french horn player, and a large part of my day-to-day responsibilities is making sure that I keep myself on top of my game, able to play the instrument at the level my job demands. I sometimes find it too easy to let responsibilities like this one turn into drudgery – the tuner …
Happy feast of Our Lady of the Rosary! While I have not been as consistent with praying the daily rosary recently, I still have a devotion to it. The rosary has played an important part of my previous two pregnancies with Shiloh and Jesse. When I realized I was pregnant with both babies, I got …
Jesse’s burial service was this past Friday. We were blessed with beautiful weather for it. I wanted to take some time to write and share pictures on it, but also share some information about the shrine where we buried Jesse. I feel like a lot of people who have miscarriages don’t realize that they have …
Hello, my name is Caroline Kane. Quick background on me. I am 50 year old, Stay at Home Mom of 5! Andrew (first year math teacher and baseball coach), Katie (23) NYC girl heading to Columbia Grad School, Matthew (20) Sophomore at The College of the Holy Cross and football player, Julia (16), Junior and William (14) 8th …
Pregnancy #5 We found out about a month ago that we were expecting our 5th baby. We were not planning on another one yet, but were so excited when we found out. I have always wanted 5 kids (I am the second oldest of 5 kids). When we found out we used a pregnancy calculator …
We moved into our first house when our third baby was six months old. We’d had three babies in four years, living in small apartments, and with my husband in law school for most of that time. We were so excited to be in our sweet little 1940s house, and stayed up late many nights …
Watch Your Words by Lindsay Schlegel Words. Text. Language. Quotes. These are how I process the world. These are how I relate to the Lord, others, and in certain ways, even myself. For me, what seems small—a word, a phrase, a text message, a note on a Post-It—can have a really big impact. A compliment …
SALUTATIONS Greetings to you! One way that I show great love in small things is through a heartwarming greeting. When I was a child, I distinctly remember that my mom would always say a greeting of “good afternoon” when she came to pick my brother and me after her work and before she entered the …
Happy Feast Day of St. Teresa of Calcutta! I hope you all are enjoying your holiday weekend and are finding the time today to celebrate Mother Teresa! She is the inspiration behind my blog and has quickly become one of my saint best friends. Her teachings are full of wisdom and always present me with …
