Waiting for Christmas: Advent Traditions My Family Loves
More than Christmas, more even than Easter, Advent is my very favorite liturgical season. Part of my affection for Advent stems from my beautiful memories of Catholic school celebrations, but I also love it for how simple it is to incorporate the celebration of this...
Shopping at Catholic Door: A Review
David Whitworth has a dream. David is the founder of Catholic Door, an online Catholic store, which he has been running for almost a year with the help of his wife and kids. David envisions Catholic Door as a for-profit ministry and a tool for evangelization. He...
Super Girls and Halos: A Review
When I was given the chance to review Maria Morera Johnson’s book Super Girls and Halos: My Companions on the Quest for Truth, Justice, and Heroic Virtue I jumped at the opportunity. Not only was I intrigued by the title, but who wouldn’t want to read a...
Sponsored Review: LipSense Lasts!
I was a sophomore in high school when I first discovered makeup. I remember how much fun I had experimenting back then. I can even remember the name of my favorite lipstick! Nowadays, though, makeup is a special occasion thing for me. So you might find it...
Sponsored: TurnGram
The world is making sure we know that CHRISTMAS IS COMING. And that’s why I am getting many requests to share products with you here on the blog. As a US Family Guide blogger I get offers to share with you, and a free product to try in exchange for my honest...
Sponsored: Who Likes to Play Board Games?
Y’all, I loved to play them when I was little. I was always begging my parents to play, with minimal success. And now that I have a kid begging me to play LIFE, I totally understand where they were coming from! There are board games designed to be fun for...
Sponsored: Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Mermaid?
I know I always used to like to pretend to be one, trying to swim with my legs together at the pool in the summertime. Too bad this was not a thing back then. Yes, you now have the opportunity to make someone’s mermaid dream come true! Now, before I go any...
Bookwalter Cemetery: Pretty But Not Peaceful
It was a beautiful autumn day almost exactly a year ago when I finally visited Bookwalter United Methodist Cemetery, which had been on my list for years. It is a large–over 4,000 graves–cemetery, and has been in continuous use from the 1880s to the...
Walking in Knoxville: A Guide for Hikers
Writing about hiking used to be a pretty big chunk of this blog. Not so much lately, as I fell off the fitness wagon. But fall is a great time for walking–it’s beautiful as well as cool. So to inspire myself, and as a resource to any Knoxvillians or...
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What I like to remember on September 11.
September 11: Remember the Love | Life in Every Limb
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Everyone who’s old enough to remember has a 9/11 story. Mine is probably fairly typical of those of us with no personal connection to the events, and I’ve never written about it because it feels t...
And now the post you've all been waiting for--a belated review of 2022 in 12 pictures!
12 in 2022: A Year in Pictures | Life in Every Limb
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Ten years ago, I joined a link up to post 12 pictures, one for each month of the previous year. When that link up ended, I found another one. Now that one no longer exists, but I’m still doing this ...
It's an annual tradition, very late, and it's a great way to learn more about me and my blog.
2022 in Review: Your Favorites, My Favorites | Life in Every Limb
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I present to you an annual tradition that is happening later and later: the best/favorite posts from the prior year, as picked by you (my readers) and me. YOUR favorites are simply the posts that got ...
Is a faith nurtured primarily by media slanted in one direction or the other likely to bear good fruit, like humility and love, or rotten fruit, like pride and hatred?
By Their Fruits | Life in Every Limb
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“By their fruits you will know them,” we read in the Gospel. “ . . .[E]very good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tre...
We are all called to evangelize but there are many ways to go about it!
A Tale of Three Evangelists | Life in Every Limb
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I have mentioned before that my favorite Gospel stories involve Peter, my favorite saint. I love Peter because he is relatable. He is human and makes mistakes, some bigger than others. Yet Jesus chose...
