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  image credit: Amazon.com This movie is based on John Bunyan's book of the same name. There have been many adaptations of this book from Bunyan over the years. Some only provided excerpts of it, while others attempted to summarize the book but in the process left out the essence of what Bunyan was trying to convey. I have read the book many, many years ago and have found the original text to be very difficult to read. Although I understood the concepts within the book, I still struggled with it. Let's just put it this way; it was not a easy read.  Later in life, as I was reading the various excerpts and adaptations of it with my children, I felt like these versions were not doing the original justice. Finally, this movie struck the right balance of keeping as true to the original as possible and still capturing the essence of the story. Hence, the length of the movie is longer than what you'd except for children shows, but it was absolutely worth it in my opinion. The youn

image credit: Amazon.com Recently as I was tidying up, I saw this calendar, and it reminded me of many moons ago when the children were itty bitty. This was one of the first things that I got for them to help get them ready for school. At the time, we weren't planning on homeschooling, but that's another story. Of all the educational items that I've purchased over the years, this is one of most worthwhile items. In fact, we still have it to this day. Although, the children don't need it anymore for learning, we still use it to see our plans for the month. This is our calendar at home. We've long since gone past of the pre-printed year cards, but I used the back of the old ones and filled it in with our present year. This calendar is very useful to help little ones learn about days, months, seasons, and weather.      *  The days on the calendar introduces them to numbers.      *  The "Today", "Yesterday", and "Tomorrow" helps them unders

  image credit: Monks' Bread website A while back, I noticed someone sharing their selfie with a nun. The person wasn't Catholic but shared the photo because this person has never seen a nun before and didn't know that they still exist. It made me a little sad to think about what this person stated. It is true, though. People of religious orders wearing their habits are rare these days. I've only seen them at church now, from time to time. When I was growing up, I used to see nuns, monks, and priests around town. I used to know friends with family members who were a part of these communities. Nowadays, that is not common anymore. I try to introduce my children to the different religious orders through books and whenever I see them at church as best as I can. As a child, I was truly touched by the Brothers' and Sisters' prayer life. It has inspired me over the years, and I pray that more people will consider Holy Orders when praying and contemplating on their voc

  image credit: Angelus Press image credit: Tan Books In preparation for Lent, different Catholic bookstores are offering discounts for your Lenten reading. Have you picked out any book(s) yet? If you are still looking for books or ideas on books, both Angelus Press and Tan Books offer a wide selection. I'm not affiliated with either bookstores, but I try to support Catholic businesses whenever I can. For our family, we've read books on the Stations of the Cross. There are many great books on the Stations of the Cross, especially those by the saints.  Lent is a time for fasting, penance, and understanding of what Jesus did for us. Some of these books for Lent are very insightful and help lead us deeper in our faith. I pray that we continue to grow in our faith during this time.