The Mom Weekly Volume 20: December 12, 2023 Today is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a favorite feast at our house. I hope you kids remember some of the great shows that we have watched for this. Wishbone (“What’s the story, Wishbone? What’s this your dreamin’ up?”). I wish that Wishbone were available […]
“I Don’t Know; I’ve Never Tried”—The Case Against Limiting Beliefs
The Mom Weekly Volume 19: December 5, 2023 An Important Lesson from Charlie Munger Charlie Munger, the billionaire vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and Warren Buffett’s best friend, died last week at 99. There have been countless obituaries and appreciations. Among the details of his life are some problematic donations, notably to Planned Parenthood. But apart […]
From the Vault—Birthday Edition
The Mom Weekly Volume 18: November 28 Notes: I don’t plan for “From the Vault” to be an every week occurrence, but this week it’s vital to have a birthday post for “Ideagirl”—the old blog moniker of our oldest. Remember how much I love you, Mom From the Vault: Happy Happy Birthday Ideagirl! (November 2006) […]
“From the Vault”
The Mom Weekly Volume 17, November 22, 2023 TV, as most everyone knows, now stands for “Taylor’s Version.” Taylor’s Version identifies albums and songs that she has re-recorded entirely and re-released. Each album also has extra songs, “from the vault,” that she wrote at the time, but were not added to the album. Here […]
Team Baby
The Mom Weekly Volume 16: November 14, 2023 As all of you know, this past weekend I attended a baby shower for one of the cousins. It was a lot of fun, a lot of activity, and also kind of tiring! But I am very glad I went, for the time with family, to celebrate […]
A Week Late and a Dollar Short
The Mom Weekly, Volume 15: November 7, 2023 A Week Late and a Dollar Short … to paraphrase the common saying. I actually didn’t realize that I had missed posting The Mom Weekly until early (last) Tuesday morning when I was at Mass and thought, “Oh man, it’s after 6:15 a.m.” The car trouble […]