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Three Years on the Third at Three O’Clock

Dear John,   (You didn’t think the letters were just for the kids, did you?)   Three years. Can you believe it? Today we’ve been married three years. Happy anniversary!   When we started dating in high school, neither of us knew where the relationship would go. We were six months away from shipping off […]

October 3, 2012

Marriage, Modern Perspectives, Young Married Mom

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SVdP

Happy Feast of St. Vincent de Paul!   I always forget what day this feast is, despite it having a very special place in my heart. St. Vincent de Paul is the patron saint of my home church—the church where I grew up, met a boy, got married, and baptized our first son. While St. […]

September 27, 2012

Faith, Marriage, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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Weddings, Weddings, Weddings

This weekend, John and I will attend the sixth wedding we’ve been invited to since we were married. I have been pregnant for all of them: three while I was pregnant with Jacob, and now we’re on wedding number three with Henry. Needless to say, our boys are born knowing how to party.     […]

September 20, 2012

Marriage, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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