Why the Blame?

We live in a time of speculation and blame. It's a terrible way to live. Today I was reading some of the articles on my computer's news reel, and blame was everywhere. There was an article about two elementary aged children who got trapped in a hope chest and died. A tragic situation. All the comments were blaming the parents. Another was about an airplane landing at the wrong airport. Again, everyone blaming, no one saying praise be to God everyone is okay. One person actually commented that these pilots must have learned to fly at the same place as our pilots who were flying on 9/11! Really?!? Blaming our pilots who were killed on 9/11 for that tragedy?? I don't get it people. Why does there always have to be someone to blame? (With the exception of 9/11 which was clearly not an accident.) Why can't there ever just be an accident. As a Catholic mother, I find myself repeatedly trying to instill this value into my children. In a household with eleven kids there is always something going wrong, and with that there is always someone pointing a finger. I ask someone to pick up a dish that was left on the table, I get, "that's not my bowl." or "That's her chore." A picture gets knocked down and broken and there are fingers pointing and voices raised as a line is drawn and each child takes his or her place on their side of the situation. Siblings jump in to defend and prosecute when they weren't even witnesses to the event! Sometimes I could scream with frustration. But the fact is, I usually can't scream. I'm usually surrounded by little people who get very scared when I scream. So waht's a mother to do?

What's New?

Wow, it's been a while... What's been happening since August? Well, for starters, our darling first born when off to college, dropped out, came home, and went back. I am happy to report that having gotten over that little hiccup she is doing well and will finish Freshman year in Florida. Partially because they don't have fifty feet of snow like we do here, and partially because she knows she needs the grades to transfer. Also, we are preparing our second born for college. By "preparing" I really mean we are listening while he prepares. He and his sister are so very different. While she needed me every step of the way and wanted me to be super involved, he doesn't seem to need me at all, at least not yet. He knows wehre he wants to go and is taking full responsibility for getting himself there. There's just such and incredible difference in the children, it's amazing to watch. On another note, hile the kids are flying from the nest, we are bringing a new baby in to balance things off. Little Desrosiers is expected to arrive on September 8th 2014! I know that makes twelve, but I'm not changing my blog name. I can't. The acronym just doesn't work. Anyways, I'm off to retreat in a couple of hours and am just so full of joy and excitement for everything going on in our family. God is so good. All the time!