• Living,  Momming

    When Life Punches You In the Face

    “Everybody has a plan, until they get punched in the face”. Muhammad Ali Hello Everybody! How are you doing? Me? I had plans this week: plans to get my carpets done and my bathroom wallpapered and to finally get my schoolroom in good order, amongst other things….so many plans. To be honest, I actually managed to get a lot accomplished this week. I cleaned my carpets (my, they needed it!) and began my wallpapering project (something I have never done before) — but life just started happening (as it tends to do) and somewhere in the middle of my week, it all kind of went sideways. Does that ever happen…

  • Living,  Talking

    Random Thoughts: Keep Marching Baby

    The March for Life was amazing!  I gotta say — it was  definitely worth the 18 hours of round-trip travel time and every other chaotic moment that comes with traveling with 6 kids.  So glad we went! It was such an impactful experience that it’s hard to put my mind around it all — but I’m gonna try.  To gain better perspective on the reasons for the March, you might like to check out last week’s post Why We March. But for those of you who’d don’t mind a few random thoughts here or there — I offer you my “Random thoughts on the March for Life”.  Enjoy. First Random Thought: Preach it. Pope John Paul II got the importance of…