Valentines!  The big days of this love infested holiday are behind me.  I am no longer a love struck teen, nor a newly wed and the youngest of my kids is an awkward 6th grader where they fall in and out of crushes regularly.  Any hint of love is extinguished as soon as they speak the name of their hearts desire, being in love is much better when the intended doesn’t know.  I used to love helping my kids make their Valentines Day cards and was just as excited when they came out of school loaded up with the cards and candy from their classmates.  I have always been a sucker for the homemade cards.  I had instant admiration for the parent that cut, glued and glittered 20 something Valentines.  The extra mile counts!

I am happy to start my blog on this momentous holiday of love – going forward I will be sharing the real confessions of a Catholic mom.  Brace yourself because there is no candy coating on my confessions.  Not that I am hiding any big deep secrets however I am no saint either and won’t be posting the “holier than thou” scriptures and heart felt religious insights of an ordinary faith based blog.    Any given day can be full of mishaps, errors, bad language and crazy events.  There are many other days that are well organized, up lifting and overflowing with greatness. I have been well educated in the fact that I don’t get to choose what the day will hold but I can decide how I handle what comes my way….and sometimes I handle it very very well, but not always.   It’s just life and I want to share what is true.