Part 2: Daytime Solutions After A Rough Night So last week we talked about some ways to handle parenting at night. (If you missed that article, check it out here). This week we are going to go through some options for what you can do to survive through the day. It is 5:30 in the …
Part 1: Nighttime Solutions When You Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep With a Baby Just when you think that your baby has this sleep thing down, maybe even reaching five or six hours straight of sleep, it happens. You’re up to the-world-is-ending cries every one to two hours, and you start to feel like you’ll never …
I’m a fire’n my Chilean bishops Update: Some of the stories I commented on below have developed. Here is the original article from Father De Souza. Here is an update on the Chilean bishops story. Chilean bishops travel to Rome for a private three day synod on the sexual abuse scandals. In this episode BadgerDad …
If you’re like me, you probably grew up hearing very little or even nothing about the Eastern rites of the Catholic Church. Maybe you’ve heard something about there being married Catholic priests, or lots of incense at a daily liturgy. Maybe you found my blog because you were looking for more information. Well you’ve come …
In today’s culture, Christian living is often viewed as unappealing, unfashionable, and out of date. Yet, Christian living is none of these things. To twist a Fulton Sheen quote “There aren’t more than 100 people in this world who hate Christian living for what it is, but millions who hate it for what it isn’t.” …
With the amazing beauty of living a Byzantine life, it is only to easy to dismiss the rich traditions of Roman Catholicism. To be honest, it was harder to make this weeks list, compared to last weeks [7 Things to Love About Byzantine Catholicism]. However, there still are many things that I appreciate about Roman …
Today I thought I’d do a fun post about things to love about Byzantine Catholicism. When I attended my first Divine Liturgy at a Ukrainian Catholic Church, it was a little stressful. My husband (who I was just dating at the time) expressed a huge interest in having our family be centred in this church, …
If you’re anything like me, you want to do everything the best way possible for your child. Unfortunately, it isn’t always obvious what the best way is. Babies don’t come with textbooks. That said, there is a library of baby knowledge to draw from. When Little Fox was about four months old, I went to …
Christ is Risen! Easter Sunday (Pascha) is easily one of the biggest celebrations of the year. With time at church, a big family meal, and Easter egg hunts, our children catch on that the Sunday is important. But how to we continue to keep an Easter mind frame for the rest of the season? Celebrate …
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling death by death, and to those in the tomb, giving life! Byzantine Catholics have a rich and joyous tradition for celebrating Easter. We greet each other, in church or on the street, by saying “Christ is risen” and responding “Indeed He is risen.” We sing the Paschal troparion. …
