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Orioles magic, cotton candy chips, cousin fun, love for pizza, and a sloth (7 Quick Takes)

The Orioles suffered a terrible loss on Saturday evening, but we figured you can only go up from there. And who wants to be a fair-weather fan? So, we headed to Camden Yards on Sunday afternoon to cheer them on.
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Letting go of the guilt over screen time

I could definitely be a better mother. I fall short in many ways. But I choose not to feel guilty about letting our children have screen time.
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Feasting on crabs and peach cake, decorating with flyswatters, and other summer fun (7 Quick Takes)

You can almost taste the end of summer. I can no longer complain about the ridiculously early back-to-school sales, even though I have yet to buy a single No. 2 pencil or accordion file.
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When all you can do is pray

Every time there is a shooting—yet another shooting—I feel so helpless.
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The summer is flying by, birthday fun, our butterfly bush, and what crawled into my salad (7 Quick Takes)

Suddenly it’s August. We’ve had such a fun and more-relaxing-than-usual summer that I would really like to hold onto this season a bit longer.
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4 favorite lessons from St. Ignatius of Loyola

As we celebrate the feast day of St. Ignatius, here are some of my favorite lessons from the founder of the Society of Jesus.
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Birthday celebrating, a new little child of God, favorite Catholic movies, and more (7 Quick Takes)

Today is my birthday! I just love birthdays. I enjoy everyone’s birthday, of course, but especially mine.
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There were three jolly fishermen (a fishing tale)

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved to fish. He dreamed about fishing. He talked about fishing. He couldn’t get enough of it—even though he had only caught one fish in three years.
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The perfect cure for beach-sickness (or what we did on our summer vacation)

What a vacation it was. We went fishing and explored the area and ate ice cream every day and swam and played.
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