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image-  Nancy Noel, The Butterfly. When I first started to mother, I was determined to raise committed Catholic Christians and so I tried too hard. I had the mistaken notion that my kids were blank slates and I personally had to teach them everything. I assumed the role of the teacher, the resident expert. However, God had to shake me out of this arrogant stance by humbling me in the face of my children’s unique, innate spirituality.  Kids have a pure, open relationship with the heavenly Father and Mother Mary. continue

 I have had one of those weeks. It was a week for the record books. With one thing piling on top of the other and the cherry on the cake being my husband was away for most of it. It was week that despite feeling like I was being attacked at every turn I had to surrender to the challenges and keep praying through it all. As I laid my head on my pillow last night after the long week before me, I realised two important things. The first is that I don't just want happiness for my children. The second is that I don't just want them to be good people. The reason is "happy" and "good" won't be enough when they are faced with the bad or difficult days, weeks or months  in their life's journey.  Read more...