Schoolwork at Home (A mother’s lament in rhyme)

“Mom I am. Oh, Mom I am. I love to be just Mom I am. What’s that? Here comes a quarantine? But what could all that home time mean?” “Here comes the schoolwork—there’s a lot. So make sure that each day you plot.” “I’m teaching math? And ELA? Can’t we just let the kids go...
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The beauty of Holy Saturday, our Lenten prayer basket, schoolwork, and a yummy mac and cheese recipe (7 Quick Takes)

Holy Saturday is such a powerful day. It’s a day of quiet. A day of transition. Today we stand between the sorrow of Good Friday and the joy of Easter. It is a peaceful, hopeful, expectant day.
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As we await the Resurrection

Somehow in this time of anxiety and indefinite quarantine, when so much seems uncertain, we seem to be primed for those moments of happy discovery—those moments when we see how much we are loved by God and by others.
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The bird at the feeder

We’ve waited. We’ve watched. And the bird feeder has hung there, full of seeds no one was eating.
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Not the Holy Week we expected

Let's find small and simple ways to walk with Jesus this Holy Week.
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Three kisses for Tomie dePaola

We could never get enough of Tomie dePaola’s illustrations and stories. But what he has left behind for us will have to be enough to read over and over again.
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A slice of apple cake a day to keep the quarantine blues away

Do you like to bake while in quarantine? Here is a recipe for a delicious apple cake.
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Pie plate connection

Small acts of kindness show how connected we are – and can be – in a world that sometimes feels so focused on individual happiness.
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A Lenty Lent, benefits to working from home, pants with nobody inside them, and more (7 Quick Takes)

We have only two weeks left until Easter, and I can’t decide whether Lent has been fast or slow. It’s just been…very Lenty.
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A quarantine concert

Letting things be might be the hardest thing about this crisis. Recognizing that things are outside my control is never easy. But it’s especially hard to know that the greatest and most selfless gift I can give to others is to do nothing.
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