This is my column as published last week in The Catholic Weekly. It’s taken a while but I think I have learned to embrace the mess that comes with having a brood of young children. Things that use to dismay me, like spilt milk at breakfast time, muddy footprints on just-mopped floors, and…
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Celebrating the beautiful simplicity of Advent
This was published originally in The Catholic Weekly at the start of Advent. With the start of Advent we begin a new Church year and it’s tempting to make some new year’s resolutions, starting with making this our family’s best Advent season ever. A quick look around the internet and talk to friends yields…