Monday, February 21, 2011

Gluten and the Allergist

Today I went for my yearly allergy and asthma checkup. After talking to the doctor today, I realized I need to have myself tested for Celiac. My son having problems with gluten it is genetic.  Someone has to have it.  Since I have the stomach issues, I have thought over the past several months it was me.  So we will be a team fighting for this.  Today it just hit home as I talked to him, how it affects everything in your life.  It causes so many things I never realized: headaches, migraines, reflux, stomach pain.  Jesus,  pour your Holy Spirit, upon us as we walk through a new adventure in life.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Book Review: Weaving Faith and Experience

Weaving Faith and Faith and Experience: A Woman's Perspective by Patricia Cooney Hathaway

  I highly recommend this for women in their 40's and beyond. This is a book for the Middle-aged woman.  This book is like a quilt that is displayed on the cover.  It takes many strands of thought and reflection to develop a quilt.  She reflects on the many seasons of our lives and how we interact during those seasons through work, family and close relationships.  It shows us through our faith journey, using scriptural references, of Jesus' invitation to come and have a personal relationship with him at every season of life.  God invites us to grow in  holiness through every season of lives.  She points out how our faith is directed through our every days lives, from cleaning the dishes to driving your teen to art classes.  It shows us at each how to integrate prayer with Jesus through our everyday lives. One thing that impressed me in this is book is when she talks about,"The Dark Night of the Soul".  Everyone has a dark night at some point in their lives, the fork in the road to choose.  She talk about how through prayer, Eucharistic adoration, Mass, and meditation we are awakened to God's presence through the darkness times in our lives.  He is walking with us.  She used Saint John of the Cross as an excellent example of this. 

You can find this book at Catholic Company: http://www.catholiccompany.com/weaving-faith-experience-womans-perspective-p1004035/

Given book to Review by The Catholic Company:
http://www.catholiccompany.com/

Monday, January 10, 2011

Day 1 Natural Cleanse--Whole Living style

I can honestly say I am not hungry today--wow.  Eating , fruits and veggies is so more energizing.  Check it out at: http://www.wholeliving.com/photogallery/action-plan-2011-day-8

So this is day 1--check me out each day.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Book Review:The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body, and Soul


This was such a good book!  Being a Catholic mother in today's society is not easy, and she gives you easy to do steps to help you along the way.  She covers many topics: Marriage, Church,  and your own spirituality.  My absolute favorite topic she covered was Mass with kids.  We all have been there no matter how old our children and doing damage control in Mass.Sometimes not  getting anything out of the homily.  The tips she gives you are awesome, very simply put.  The book has a list of resources in every chapter.  The one aspect of this book that stuck out at me was she showed her mistakes, but pointed out what she should do next time. We all have made mistakes along the way.  I recommend this book for any Catholic Mom.  I bought this via kindle on my phone, and it was so worth it.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Diigo

I absolutely love this bookmarking site.  It means I no longer will loose my bookmarks even if a computer crashes.


http://www.diigo.com

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Need a saint for 2011

We all need intercessors to help us in daily life.  There is a Saint Name generator.  Pray about it and then press the button and it chooses the perfect saint for you.



http://jenniferfulwiler.com/saints/

Sunday, January 2, 2011

For the Love of Saint Nick






I read for The Love of Saint Nick, what a great book!  It is a tear jerker, so this is your TISSUE ALERT.  It is a story about two boys and their father who is naval commander.  Their mother died a couple years before.  They moved from California to Michigan. In Michigan they had a nanny that took care of them and brought them to Mass. While in Michigan, an extraordinary event event happened on Christmas Eve to the younger of the two boys that changed their lives forever.  It also changed their relationship with Jesus and their faith in him.  You will have to read the book to find out what happened.


http://www.amazon.com/Love-St-Nick-Garasamo-Maccagnone/dp/1439210128

Monday, December 27, 2010

Special Needs Homeschool: FREEbies

Special Needs Homeschool: FREEbies: "FREE Learning/Educational Websites I now have all the FREE learning/educational websites in a spreadsheet. It is easy to use, visual, organ..."

Friday, December 17, 2010

Psst… want to save up to $46?

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Governor and Voting

I rarely put up political posts but today I will.  Today my son voted for the first time in our NJ primary for governor.  It has saddened me...