parenting – Erin Cuccio

Unnessary Commotion

October 23, 2014 erincuccio

It’s been a while. Too long. I haven’t written in months. August brought a return to school for me, a beginning to school for our oldest son, and the news of baby number three on the way. All of these are joyous things, but here’s the truth: I’ve been tired. And grouchy. Oh so very grouchy. (My poor boys– all of them– I haven’t been so pleasant.) But it is this unpleasantness that has brought about a new mantra in…

I Am

August 13, 2014 erincuccio

Then God said to Jeremiah: Go to the potter’s house; there I will give you my message. I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, working at the wheel. Whenever the object of clay which he was making turned out badly in his hand, he tried again, making the clay into another object that pleased him. Then the word of the Lord came to me: Can I not do to you as the potter has done? Just…