This Week’s Miscellany: Vol. 154 (First Holy Communion Edition!)

photo by Andrea Dahm

The big news around these parts is that this handsome dude received his First Holy Communion last Saturday night.

It was one of the best days of my life and definitely a red letter day in parenthood. Since I’m a convert, it’s all new to me to go through this process with a child, but oh so special!

Seven has been a great age so far. Benjamin has always been a precocious little guy and been able to verbalize things way beyond what we expected for a child of his age, but all of the sudden our conversations have gone up a notch in the best way. Our personalities can really grate each other (we’re SO opposite in some ways and SO similar in others) but I’ve been feeling like we’re doing better at being a team, this little man and I. And guiding him through his preparation for these sacraments really brought us together in a sweet way.

photo by Andrea Dahm

I was so grateful for our parish community and for the many sweet friends that came to support Benjamin. We were surrounded by love. And it was such a joy to see him prepare so thoughtfully and intentionally to receive Our Lord. The sweetness of children must be such a delight to God.

photo by Andrea Dahm

The big moment! (I swear we practiced keeping those hands together! Oh well.)

Then we celebrated with great food in the parish hall. Pope Francis photo bombed us. He was really excited for Benjamin, too. (P.S. Little guy’s outfit compliments of his grandparents. They came to visit a couple of weeks ago and helped him pick it out. So sweet.)

3/4 of these cute farmies are wrapping up their time at the farm. We’re going to miss them so much!

Things continue to come together with buying the new house. Buying a house is stressful, but I still think SELLING is way worse. I’ll take buying a house any day.

And Daniel’s been doing lots of cooking over an open fire lately. It’s always delicious and he always looks handsome.

Links:

I shared a fun Monday morning mix of music for you.

The Blog Post About Anxiety: Katie Sciba

And I know many of you have been following my friend Laura Fanucci’s story, prayed with her family, and grieved over the loss of her twin daughters, Maggie and Abby. Here’s an amazing way to honor those sweet babies.

Is Porn Immoral? That Doesn’t Matter. It’s a Public Health Crisis: Washington Post

Porn Proofing Our Kids: Mama Needs Coffee

Sponsors:

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Wishing you a beautiful spring weekend!

Lots of love,

Haley

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