Bless Me, Father, For I Have Kids

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The uninterrupted life is not worth living.

Got questions about Catholic family life? You’ve come to the right place! As a lifelong Catholic, devoted wife, diligent homeschooler, and mother of seven, Susie Lloyd knows lots of people who just might have the answers for you.

Susie herself is too busy to give advice: busy giving home haircuts and finding missing socks; busy teaching her teen girls to drive, cook, and diagram sentences; busy praying for divine protection while she races off to church (late) in her full-size van. But every so often, Susie finds a few moments to share the wit and wisdom she’s gleaned from:

Teaching her kids about the Facts of Life: “Somewhere there must be a book which can aid me in my duty. In it there would be many pages devoted to birds, bees, and flowers. None involving kegs and station wagons.”

Quelling her teen girls’ phobias: “Top of the list is frumpophobia: fear of being seen in a skirt when every other teen at the party, except the statue of Mary, will be in jeans. It gets worse if your dad thinks it would be lovely not only to wear the skirt but a veil as well.”

Handing on Catholic customs: “When I was small, my mother taught me to say a Hail Mary whenever I heard an ambulance. It’s really a beautiful habit and habit is the word — I don’t know how many people I’ve prayed for whose car alarm was going off.”

Getting older: “Some people tell me I could be my teens’ older sister. These people are usually 103 years old and wear their glasses hanging from a chain. But I’ll take it.”

Strangers who question her family size: “What’s funny is, the people who call you nuts really expect you to act sane".

Enduring her children’s music lessons: “Piano recitals are a time-honored way of gaining a plenary indulgence, provided we hold no attachment to murdering the piano teacher.”

Joining a homeschool co-op: “None of us wanted to quit homeschooling; we just wanted somebody else to do it for us.”

As she did in her beloved first book, Please Don't Drink the Holy Water, Susie Lloyd will charm and edify you with her offbeat — but always pitch-perfect — take on the joys and challenges of raising a Catholic family in today’s world.

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Hilarious book about Catholic motherhood 5.00 out of 5

By:	Karen (NJ, March 27, 2010)
Bottom Line:	Yes, I would recommend this to a friend. I just finished reading Susie Lloyd's Bless Me, Father, For I Have Kids a few days ago. Susie Lloyd is the Catholic home schooling mother of seven who amusingly writes about her life as such. Her book is entertaining and captivating. I picked up the book expecting to read a chapter or two and wound up reading about a third of the book in a very short time span. Then, I got up, did a few things around the house and found a few moments to dive back into the book. Before I knew it, I had read the entire book. It was the funniest book I've read in a long time and one I simply could not put down and stay away from for very long. If you're a mom, you'll find yourself nodding your head in agreement as you read the about the antics of Susie Lloyd's adventures in mothering. The book is punctuated with many side splitting moments of hilarity. You don't need to be a home schooling mother to fully appreciate this book. I think this book will likely appeal more to Catholic moms, but I think any mom with a sense of humor will thoroughly enjoy this book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it to any mother who could use a good laugh. I received a complimentary copy of Bless Me, Father, For I Have Kids from Sophia Institute Press in exchange for my honest review of the book.

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Karen (NJ, March 27, 2010)

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Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
I just finished reading Susie Lloyd's Bless Me, Father, For I Have Kids a few days ago. Susie Lloyd is the Catholic home schooling mother of seven who amusingly writes about her life as such. Her book is entertaining and captivating. I picked up the book expecting to read a chapter or two and wound up reading about a third of the book in a very short time span. Then, I got up, did a few things around the house and found a few moments to dive back into the book. Before I knew it, I had read the entire book. It was the funniest book I've read in a long time and one I simply could not put down and stay away from for very long. If you're a mom, you'll find yourself nodding your head in agreement as you read the about the antics of Susie Lloyd's adventures in mothering. The book is punctuated with many side splitting moments of hilarity. You don't need to be a home schooling mother to fully appreciate this book. I think this book will likely appeal more to Catholic moms, but I think any mom with a sense of humor will thoroughly enjoy this book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it to any mother who could use a good laugh. I received a complimentary copy of Bless Me, Father, For I Have Kids from Sophia Institute Press in exchange for my honest review of the book.