Father's Day- My 300th post!

What a great way to celebrate my 300th post today on the occasion of Father's Day!

Last night, as we were getting ready for bed, my hubby said "Wow, this will be 9th Father's Day!" What a joy! What a blessing he is to our family! Thank You God for him in our lives!

He is strong yet gentle.

He is quiet, yet knows how to get loud with that coaching voice!

He is determined.

He is focused.

He is a hardworking man.

He is driven.

He is debatable.

He is trustworthy.

He can play some mean baseball.

He can run some mean hills many times over.

He can run what feels like forever!

He is lovable.

He loves God.
He loves our Catholic Faith.
He loves our children.

He is passionate about being the best husband and best father.

And....he loves me!

He is my man.

He is my companion.

He is best friend.

Happy Father's Day to you, my hubby!

You are the best and I'm so glad God called us together- and we listened to Him!!! Life would not nearly be as interesting and fun and exciting without you! We love you!

When I think about fathers, Saint Joseph comes to mind instantly. A model for fathers, Saint Joseph is invoked as a protector of the family. What a role model he is for our fathers today. In fact, after our Prayer before meals, we invoke each of our children's patron Saints and then they started praying to Mary for me, and St. Joseph for our Daddy. They came up with that all on their own-isn't that sweet? St. Joseph was chosen by God to be Jesus's father on earth. God knew that Jesus would need a foster father to raise him and teach him. The Bible tells us that he was a 'just man.' That means he was a good man, honest, fair, and God-loving. Pretty good so far, huh?

When it was discovered that Mary was with child, Saint Joseph wondered what to do but decided to trust the angel and God. St. Joseph shows us how a real man is to love his woman, his wife, with a pure heart, pure intentions, great respect, and with beautiful chastity in their marriage. Good St. Joseph shows us great obedience to God in all his travels and in all his life.

He also lived his life in humility, patience, fortitude, gentleness and manliness of character. He shows us the perfect model of the true Christian!

St. Joseph, pray for my husband! Pray for us!

God bless, Mary

Last night's adventure

A Park Visit

The funniest sight if you could see
Is me pushing my 5 kids in a row on the swings.

Kids swarming the park at dinnertime today
I gave them the rules or they would pay.

A woman said “Whoa” 2 times obviously
As we approached with my little responsibilities.

They listened, they obeyed and I was so proud
McDonald’s was their reward, and boy did they get loud!

Getting happy with happy meals
It really is such a deal.

For 6 people it was only 20 bucks!
Now I have to clean my van of all that muck!

The other moms gazed with awe and some w/curiosity,
Some w/feelings of emptiness and some with painful animosity.

I may not know the impact one park visit had on others
But my blessings do I love with even more love I’ve discovered.

-Mary
May 6, 2009

A Poem for my son-kid #1

On Bended Knee

The sweetest sight I ever did see
Was my child praying on bended knee.

He held his prayer book and was so silent
Asking for wisdom, praying for guidance.

I still can see the baby when it was only he
Climbing, strolling, and everywhere following me.

He is starting to go explore on his own
Into this crazy world, a world of the unknown.

Now it is my turn, it is now me
Here I am Lord, praying on bended knee.

Holding my prayer book in this house of not so silent
But still asking for wisdom and praying for guidance.

-Mary

April 21, 2009

It's Coming...

Here are a few quotes to get you ready...one day away!!!

"Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart." ~Author Unknown

Who, being loved, is poor? ~Oscar Wilde

"There is no place for selfishness—and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice"- Pope John Paul II

Grow old with me! The best is yet to be. ~Robert Browning

"Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self."- Mother Teresa

We loved with a love that was more than love. ~Edgar Allan Poe

A bell is no bell 'til you ring it,A song is no song 'til you sing it,And love in your heartWasn’t put there to stay -Love isn’t love'Til you give it away.~Oscar Hammerstein, Sound of Music, "You Are Sixteen (Reprise)"

A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. ~Plato

"Man cannot live without love. He remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it. This is why Christ the Redeemer 'fully reveals man to himself.'"- Pope John Paul II

Children is the fruit of our love. ~ Me!

Man knows love when he knows how, where and why to come home. ~ Me!

Love is seeing beyond what is seen with the eyes. ~ Me!

God bless,
Mary