http://family-centered.com/life tidbits of life in a family of twelve Mon, 12 May 2008 03:55:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en . . That’s the slogan for this year’s World Fair Trade Day and it's tomorrow, May 10th.. . . . . . . Why does it matter? Because Fair Trade means fair pay and working conditions for farmers and producers. Fair Trade products are made in safe and healthy working conditions, where farmers and producers receive a fair price and ... http://family-centered.com/life/isn%e2%80%99t-it-time-we-made-the-world-fair/ . . A gift from our oldest son for our 23rd wedding anniversary (this past Monday the 6th). Fairtrade chocolate that lives up to its heavenly name! Yes those are 100 gram bars ---yes there were ten. Divine is the fairtrade chocolate company co-owned by the cocoa farmers cooperative Kuapa Kokoo in ... http://family-centered.com/life/harvest-of-hope/ . . 3 yr. old Matthew to Grammie on the phone:  "Grammie, Maggie has blood sugar!" Matthew to Mom: "Mommy, why do you keep giving Maggie shots?  Stop it!" Matthew to Mom : "Mom Peter called me a human! I'm not a human I'm a kid!"  "Peter keeps being annoying!" http://family-centered.com/life/chatter-at-my-house/ . . Thank you all for the prayers. We are home now and Maggie is doing much better. She's still having trouble keeping her blood sugar levels stable sometimes but we know that's to be expected. Last night was a good night and this morning she had good numbers. ... http://family-centered.com/life/update-and-thank-you/ . . Sunday afternoon we rushed our 8yr. old daughter Maggie to the ER because she was having trouble breathing. Within minutes of arriving a new and totally unexpected reality was thrust upon us as we came to realize that our little girl was most likely suffering from Type I diabetes. ... http://family-centered.com/life/a-change-of-direction-a-new-perspective/ . . There's one week left for early bird registration of the upcoming Family-Centered Learning conference. It's going to be a truly lovely weekend.  I happen to know of several blogging moms that are for sure going to be there. Friday July 25th we're having a Family-Centered picnic and Saturday July 26th we have ... http://family-centered.com/life/early-bird-reminder/ . . I have been reading these two books lately and they have me completely enthralled. Happy Are You Poor and Prayer Primer. Both are by Fr. Thomas Dubay I started reading Happy Are You Poor a few years ago but put it down---I don't know why, maybe I wasn't ready for it but ... http://family-centered.com/life/thought-provoking-reading/ . . updated in the sidebar. General: That Christians may use literature, art and the media to greater advantage to favor a culture which defends and promotes the values of the human person. Missionary: That just as she accompanied the Apostles in the early stages of the Church, may the Blessed Virgin Mary, Star ... http://family-centered.com/life/papal-prayer-intentions-for-may/ . . I hadn't seen this site yet when someone sent me an invite a few days ago. It's nice and I really like its look ---clean and fresh. Easy to use and navigate. It's kind of like a "My Space" or "Facebook" for Blogger Moms. They have groups too and ... http://family-centered.com/life/mom-bloggers-club/ . . "I want holy, I want lovely, I want grace. I want passion, I want poetry and coffee." Christine Dente ---I Want Everything .I have been a tea drinker for at least 30 years. Hot tea, iced tea but always "real" tea thank-you-very-much. I may be from Lancaster County but I'm ... http://family-centered.com/life/ive-had-been-converted/