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Our Lady and the Eucharist: A Meditation in the Time of Coronavirus
Approaching Holy Week knowing that I will not step foot in a Church is a surreal feeling. I've been thinking a lot about the Eucharist these days, and thought I'd share a little meditation on Rebecca Gorzynska's painting of Our Lady and the Eucharist.Isn't this beyond...
Finding the Helpers: 7 Quick Takes, COVID-19 Edition
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”- Mr. Rogers This quote has been running through my head a lot lately. There are scary things in the news these...
A Little Quarantine Update
The big kids are happily enjoying the sunshine outside, and Charlotte is content to have the magnatiles all to herself, so I thought I'd venture a little update. First, as to myself: after a week, we got the COVID test results back. They were negative. But by that...
Books To Distract You
If you're anything like me, you're spending at least a little time each day hiding from the world in a book. So I thought I'd share a few of my favorites in the hope that it helps you distract yourself from whatever chaos is surrounding you. I know most libraries are...
Our Coronavirus Experience (So far)
I came down with symptoms of COVID-19 about 2 weeks. For the first few days, we assumed it must just be the flu, but then it didn't feel like the flu (spoiler alert: not the flu), so I started to get nervous. We spent a few days trying to get answers about what to do,...
Resources for the Suddenly Homeschooling
With the coronavirus shutting down schools across the country, a lot of families find themselves in the situation of suddenly homeschooling/working from home/having kids with them all day without being able to go out for playdates. I wanted to share some resources...
Quarantine Quick Takes
1.We already live a life that is pretty socially distanced, thanks to my introverted nature, the kids' ages, and our homeschooling, so I wasn't expecting a huuuuge difference in our day to day life, but then I got sick, and realized that I had underestimated the...
A Little March Boost
Now that we are out of the February doldrums (how is it that the shortest month of the year always feels like the longest?), I feel like we're experiencing a bit of spring rebirth over here at the Pressprich house. It might be that since it's almost spring, the sun...
Books We Love for Lent and Easter
Lent is here. We're already a few days in, and I still don't feel ready.One thing I manage without fail each year though, is to pull out our Lent and Easter books. I keep a seasonal book basket in our living room, and swap out the books in it every couple of months...
Reading Scripture to Our Kids: How to Set the Stage and Why
Lent is here. One of the activities we're planning on using this year is the Jesus Tree. There are a lot of different versions out there, but the essential idea is the same as the Jesse tree- Each day of Lent we will read from Scripture part of the story of the life...