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“Authors are like neckwear fashions. They go in and out of style.” Don’t ask how I came across that above quote and this blogpost comparing authors to necktie fashions. I just did, okay? (Is scanning through someone’s past Google searches kind of like snooping through their medicine cabinet?) Anyway, here’s a comparison from that post . . . → Read More: G.K. Chesterton is a Paisley-Patterned Bow Tie? Editor’s Note: I recently read the news headline “Hillary Au Naturale.” Turns out Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at a press conference in India wearing no cosmetics except for lipstick. This prompted all kinds of chatter in the mainstream media about barefaced women. Providentially, my friend Christine gave up wearing cosmetics for Lent this . . . → Read More: Barefaced & Beautiful: She Gave up Make-Up for Lent I recently received this message from one of our readers: I was wondering if you have any resources on dealing with less than loving parents. My parents fall in this category. Our oldest is 10-years-old, so I have been dealing with this issue for quite some time. I have experienced a lot of . . . → Read More: Peace on Earth, One Family at a Time January 29 – February 3 is Catholic Schools Week Copyright © 2011 NCEA/USCCB This is one week each year that students, staff, and parents celebrate the gift of a Catholic education. Make no mistake; it is a gift. I spend my days as a first grade teacher at a Catholic school in Des Moines, . . . → Read More: Out of the Mouths of Babes: In Celebration of Catholic Schools Week We are elated to announce the arrival of Jude Leonard Schmidt, born at 10:56 a.m. on Friday, January 27, 2012. He weighed in at 10 pounds, 7.7 ounces, measuring 21 3/4 inches long — a big boy! Our son is named after Saint Jude, also known as Jude Thaddaeus, a brother of Saint James the Lesser and . . . → Read More: The Evolution of Jude Schmidt In a few hours I will be in surgery undergoing a Caesarian section to deliver another Baby Schmidt. Our family of three will soon become a party of four. Yesterday I took our three-year-old Lucy out for a special lunch, just the two of us enjoying a mommy-daughter date. There was a family of five . . . → Read More: Headed to the Hospital: Prayers, Please 
A friend who will soon board a bus with the Iowans for L.I.F.E group to participate in the annual March for Life was getting materials together for the long bus ride from Des Moines to Washington D.C. She came across her Gabriel Prayer Book and wanted to send a few prayers my way given I’m counting . . . → Read More: Prayers for Women Approaching Labor Upon its release in more than 1,000 theaters last September, Courageous opened as the top new movie. The film is about a group of men facing a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. While consistently giving their best in their careers, “good enough” seems to be all they can muster as . . . → Read More: Courageous Available on DVD & Blu-ray Have you experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or ectopic pregnancy? Many of our lives, either directly or indirectly, have been touched by miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, or other such perinatal loss. As with any death, the need for healing in these situations is great. However, most people don’t know where to turn, despite the availability . . . → Read More: A Gentle Place to Fall: Healing After Perinatal Loss  2 comments  Parenting, Pro-life, Schmidt, Joel  A Gentle Place to Fall, Ann Valdez, Death, Des Moines, Ectopic Pregnancy, Grief, Healing, Infant Death, Mercy Hospital, Miscarriage, Molar Pregnancy, Perinatal bereavement, Perinatal Hospice, Perinatal Loss, Saint Clare, Saint Francis of Assisi, Stillbirth, suffering It’s been one of those weeks at our house (okay, it’s been a couple of those weeks). I stumbled across this quote by Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and it brought me joy, laughter, and comfort. My precious children stick to me like little burrs, they are so fearful of losing me again [after . . . → Read More: Parenting Inspiration from Elizabeth Ann Seton  |
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