Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real

Sharing today at Like Mother, Like Daughter.

It's the month of May and we're honoring the Blessed Mother!

 

{PRETTY}

This is our little Mary altar in the kitchen. 

We bring flowers there and often light candles. 

We usually keep the Saint of the Day book next to her. 

The statue was one of my First Communion gifts! 

It's managed to survive many moves and little hands.



Lilacs this spring.



 {HAPPY}

This Holy Water font is in our entry way.  I found it at a small shop in Vienna, Austria during college.  It has always meant a lot to me and definitely makes me smile when I come home or pass her in the hallway. 

 

 

{FUNNY}

This picture isn't funny but so sweet!

I've always loved this Polish Madonna image!

I am reminded of Kimberly Hahn saying that modeling our lives after the Blessed Mother can be a bit challenging since she (Mary) only had one child and He was perfect!

 

 

{REAL}

This pieta sits on my bedroom dresser.

Mary knew the joys and sorrows of motherhood.

When I became a mother, I found myself talking to Mary more and asking her to draw me close to her son Jesus.  It has been a comfort to turn to her as we raise our children.