Is it a third-child thing or a Margaret-thing that she can sleep in such an uncomfortable and noisy place as on two metal folding chairs in the cry room during Mass? Whatever it is, Daddy and I like it.
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Bonus Reading: "Our Lady Has Stopped for Tea" by Dessi Jackson. I couldn't agree more with Mrs. Jackson's desire to "occupy her home" in her role as an "intentional homemaker." This essay is not about trying to convince working mothers to stay home if financially feasible, but about convincing homemakers the value of staying home more often, not living a frenetic life in a "movable home on wheels." In this bountiful time when there are approximately 837 fantastic local options for supposedly enriching activities for homeschooling children, God, please spare me from succumbing to the temptation to enroll in over many of them!
"For how do we teach our daughters to love home if we are never at home? How do we show to them that in a mother’s life Our Lord and Our Lady have set their altars in our cottages? How do we show them they are there waiting for our daily tasks of prayer and work if we are not home?
"Sweet mothers, go back to your sweet monasteries and made them fragrant with work and prayer. Go home and put the kettle on for Our Lady and her Son. They have been waiting for you there in your home where you belong."
This is a beautiful post! It really gives me much to ponder in my vocation. Thanks fr sharing it!
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