So. We found a house! After talking over all our options for the next few years, we decided that buying a house (as opposed to renting one, or living on base at this next duty station) actually seems like it makes the most sense for our family. The Lt flew out there to take a… Read More »
A Little Love from Deirdre and the Artist
I’ve been thinking a little bit about how some readers requested, when we posted about our engagement and wedding, to hear a little more about our romance. So, here goes! (I’m going to try to keep it fairly succinct. I hand-wrote 54 pages in my journal recounting our wedding day. Just the wedding day mind you. I… Read More »
Chatty, reminding.
Thinking ahead (which is not something I normally do very well), I want to remind you of a few things coming up in the liturgical life department. First, Candlemas is this Saturday. In my experience, not many parishes celebrate this day as a blessing of candles day. You could ask your priest if he would… Read More »
A little Lent-cation: In which I tell you some good news.
Every Lent I am so grateful for what we call our “Lenten Triduum” — the Feast of St. Patrick, our own Will’s birthday (21 yesterday!), and the Feast of St. Joseph, all in a row. I’m not super good at fasting. In fact, I think that my oral fixation increases with my determination to… Read More »
Seven Sundays of St. Joseph
Click on the icon to go to a post about it at The Way of Beauty. Sunday, tomorrow, begins the Seven Sundays of St. Joseph, a devotion that leads up to this great saint’s feast day, which is March 19. I am reminding you of this because you might be a bit busy, with your… Read More »