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Erin Franco

Archives for August 2010

A White Elephant weekend, complete with some very Tasty Francos, and some laughs from Gladys and friends

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We had a great weekend, full of friends and good food (always a winning combination). On Saturday night, we hosted…
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Lovely lady dressed in blue

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I just found this very old little prayer card while cleaning up my desk. God sends me little things like…
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I need to read!

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Michael and I have established that I like to read books about parenting and babies, and he doesn’t. He feels…
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I know you’re all just here for the pictures–and explosion stories :)

I know you’re all just here for the pictures–and explosion stories :)

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Since, deep down, I know that my readers just want to see pictures of Gabriel instead of read about my…
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A new woman, and rambunctiousness

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Mother’s Day Out has been so wonderful this past week! I feel so much less stressed, Gabriel loves his little…
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Mr. and Mrs. Fixit–and company

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Mr. Zip and Mrs. Mignon came into town this weekend, and I feel like I have a house full of…
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Today

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6 a.m. – Baby wakeup call (who needs an alarm clock, anyway? Just have a baby and you’ll never sleep…
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Slice of a Friday

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I’m sorry that most of my posts have been on such dark topics lately! I thought I’d lighten things up…
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Thought for today, on suffering

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As I’ve watched some of my loved ones suffer through illnesses and difficult times in their lives over the past…
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I'm a south Louisiana girl, Catholic wife, writer, speaker, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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