Sweet love

Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto Thine. Heart of Jesus, burning with love for me, inflame my heart with love of Thee. Amen. (5 Reasons to Honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus.) As we pray for the unborn, and beg God that abortion and contraception will end, how moving it is to think of Our Lord's Sacred Heart beating beneath His Mother's heart... what if she had not said "Yes!" Thank you, Lord, for your life and your love and your generous mercy. Make our hearts like yours. 









(Maddy and Pita have enjoyed making drawings of Our Lord's and Our Lady's hearts)

Castles, Knights and Damsels in Distress

As a part of my birthday celebration, Mary came up with the marvelous plan of building a box house-castle. Fortunately, there is a nifty store in the city that peddles nothing but cardboard boxes, the perfect ingredient for our project. (Some friends told us about the find, since there is no way we would have ever found the little whole-in-the-wall store.) As a family, we created a great castle, that features doors, windows, a jail, a [Rapunzel] tower, and many other fun things. We painted it a week or so ago. The kids have been loving it, playing in it everyday. My initial idea was to put it outside on the patio, where it would be covered from the rain but outside. However, with the rainy season upon us, it undoubtedly wouldn't have lasted long and so Mary had the great idea of having it in our living room.

Here are some pictures of our knight and our damsels as they pose in front of their castle.

Here are some pictures of the construction phase: