Category Archives: Special Days (Holidays)

4th of July: Random Thoughts from an American Expat

Posted on July 4th, 2010

My husband and I have lived in Prague for three and a half years now. I have lived in Prague longer than I have lived anywhere else since High School. We love living in Prague, but there are plenty of things we love about America too. Living in a foreign country has given me a [...]

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Mother’s Day and Mommy Links

Posted on May 9th, 2010

Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! So, far this has been a great weekend. We took a little day trip with some friends yesterday and had a little picnic out at a nearby castle. It was so nice to get out of the city and have some time with great friends. Thaddeus loved [...]

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Mother’s Day

Posted on May 6th, 2010

This Sunday is Mother’s Day. It will be my first Mother’s Day with a Baby and I’ve really been looking forward to it. Today as I was quickly flipping through a few blogs I found this video about Mother’s Day on Tall Skinny Kiwi. It really challenged me. I have been looking forward to Mother’s Day [...]

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Some Thoughts on Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 1st, 2010

Today I started sprouting some whole un-ground spelt. But, before I got started I decided to sort through the grains because there were these strange little black balls mixed in with the grains. At first I thought they were pepper, but on closer inspection there were not. (Aside: anyone know what they are? And why [...]

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An Example of Maundy Thursday in Action

Posted on April 9th, 2009

This is what I wrote on Maundy Thursday last year: “Today is Maundy Thursday – it is the day we remember Christ washing the Disciples feet. I was doing a little research on Maundy Thursday and found this on Wikipedia: The word Maundy is derived through Middle English, and Old French mandé, from the Latin mandatum, the first word of the phrase “Mandatum [...]

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