Childhood should be a time to play with freedom and joy without fear. Children need unstructured time for free play and even time to be bored because boredom is the birthplace of creativity. God also needs space and time to speak to our children’s lives. if we keep them in a constant cycle of enriching…… Continue reading Let Children Play
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Join the Angels and Children in The Cosmic Dance
It is easy to become so busy addressing serious moral and religious issues that our spirituality is relegated to Sunday Mass and a few Hail Marys rattled off on the run.
Thoughts on Mothering in Christ
Children are open to the Spirit in a simple and natural way; I cannot impose adult spirituality on little children because then I am not working in sync with what the Spirit of God is doing in their souls. “Unless you become like little children, you cannot enter the kingdom of God.” Children are like…… Continue reading Thoughts on Mothering in Christ
A Good Irish Wake for A Good Irish Man
Everyone else had left the funeral home as Cecil’s family and mine shared another amusing memory and laughed together. I had broken the ice with the first story but soon everyone spoke up and added their favourite memory of Cecil and the Juneau’s. The atmosphere was reminiscent of a traditional Irish wake. I looked around…… Continue reading A Good Irish Wake for A Good Irish Man
Small Success Thursday: The Mustard Seed of Prayer
‘Whoever flees from prayer flees all that is good.’ St. John of the Cross Prayer. We often think of prayer as something difficult, especially contemplative prayer. If we read the classics, written by the saints, it seems to take years of arduous training to pass through gradually ascending levels to reach the pinnacle of prayer,…… Continue reading Small Success Thursday: The Mustard Seed of Prayer
Small Success Thursday: The Tetter-Totter of Life
Happy Thanksgiving to all Americans; Canada celebrated Thanksgiving six weeks ago. Just this last week, I have discovered a new dynamic between parents and adult children. I have decided to call it the tetter-totter of life because when we are weak, our children are set free to rise up to help, just as if they…… Continue reading Small Success Thursday: The Tetter-Totter of Life
Saying ‘Yes’ to the Unexpected with Mary
I have experienced a bit of the shock and wonder that Mary must have gone through when the angel Gabriel announced that she would become a mother. I can only imagine her initial sense of bewilderment at the idea of becoming a virgin mother of God; just becoming an ordinary mother was dramatic enough for…… Continue reading Saying ‘Yes’ to the Unexpected with Mary
Spirituality: Child’s Play
A relationship to the living God is child’s play. Children are open to the Spirit in a simple and natural way; their spirituality is not only taught, it rises from within them as they listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit in their own hearts.St. Paul assures us that all men have the basic laws…… Continue reading Spirituality: Child’s Play
When Life is Stripped Down to The Basics
One afternoon before a special occasion, I was ironing cotton dresses and shirts for church the next day. Six year old Mara watched for a while and then pointed to the iron and asked, “What is that mummy?” I laughed because I realized that this little girl had never seen me iron; I usually used…… Continue reading When Life is Stripped Down to The Basics
Listen
“I just gave you that book to write to keep you busy in between appointments; your real work is all these interruptions.” The biggest stumbling block to truly listening, especially to children, is our self-important business. Henri Nouwen SJ, a Jesuit author and university professor, complained to God about all the undergraduate students who knocked…… Continue reading Listen
Holy Laughter
Even though icons and holy cards often depict the saints and the entire Holy Family with a miserable scowl on their unhealthy looking faces, the truth is that the saints lived in God’s presence and in His joy. St. Francis of Assisi is the most famous, joyful saint. Look at our pope, whose name sake is…… Continue reading Holy Laughter
Sunday Snippets
It’s time to meet up at RAnn’s Place for Sunday Snippets where Catholic bloggers share their previous week’s posts. My first post is Mary is Living in my Heart? Help! Humour and the Dark Night of the Soul
Catholic Woman’s Almanac {CWA}
with Jenny at Suscipio Tell us what you’re thankful for…a gratitude list. Spring is finally here and my garden is growing!!! all at once daffodils, tulips, lilacs and siberian irises are blooming! What are you thinking? Thoughts on nature Colossians 1:16-17 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible,…… Continue reading Catholic Woman’s Almanac {CWA}
A mum’s musings
Raising children is not a default job for women who were not successful in the world of business, power and wealth melanie jean juneau
The JOY of Mothering Nine9 Children
I wanted to be a missionary when I was in my early twenties and was not interested even in dating at university. Suddenly, in a space of a few hours I knew God’s call was marriage; His presence was so strong, I received an inner image of Jesus’s hand on Michael’s and my heads.I was disappointed but… Continue reading The JOY of Mothering Nine9 Children
7QT Fridays
hosted by Jenny at Conversion Diaries Thoughts on mothering in Christ. children are open to the Spirit in a simple and natural way Children are like sponges; they absorb values, attitudes, culture and spirituality simply through osmosis. However, it goes deeper than that. Children’s spirituality is not simply taught, it rises from within as…… Continue reading 7QT Fridays
7 Quick Takes Friday
Ahhh-what can I say in my defense? Not much because these few sentences look infantile but I have discovered the colour button on …… Continue reading 7 Quick Takes Friday
Interviewed by IBILLIONLOVESTORIES.COM
Sat, 02/23/2013 – 20:26 — Paul Cody Imagine Sharing and Cherishing the LOVE of 9 children raised on a Hobby Farm in southern Ontario, Canada ! When people look at Melanie Jean Juneau their eyebrows shoot up, their mouths drop open and they sputter, ”YOU had 9 children?? This is because she is 5’ 1” and weigh ∞
Newborn, Unborn: People,Simply LITTLE People
They are all people: in utero newborn infant baby toddler People Albeit little people Still they are people With Dignity Not an it Not simply a part of the mother’s body Not owned by the mother Not reflections of mum’s ego Not characters to fulfil unfulfilled dreams and ambitions. Children Toddlers Babies unique definite personalities…… Continue reading Newborn, Unborn: People,Simply LITTLE People
Who Needs a Teddy Bear When You’ve Got a Teddy Baby?
There is something about a baby’s open, trusting gaze that literally draws love from us. A newborn can see clearly to about 8″, just far enough to focus intently on his mother’s face. It is almost as if the initiative to bond comes from the baby first, especially when I consider the fierce hand grip…… Continue reading Who Needs a Teddy Bear When You’ve Got a Teddy Baby?
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