Hi! I’m Catherine Boucher
I'm a Catholic homeschooling mother of six. My husband, Philip, is a pediatrician, and we've been married for 14 years. I created the podcast, While You Were Folding, to continue the conversations about things that matter in domestic life. I've learned a lot (usually in messy or painful ways), and I have so much more to learn! I hope you'll get in touch and that I can feature your voice on a future episode of the podcast.
Philip's Proposal
March 26, 2005 - The day Philip and I metMarch 26, 2007 - The day Philip proposed to meToday, March 26, 2013 - 8 years since Philip and I met, 6 years since Philip proposedWow! It's so cliche to say that "time flies," but, wow, time flies. Each year seems to go by...
read moreMy New Outlook On Breastfeeding
I attempted breastfeeding with Janie and Walt with limited success. I think I lasted 8 weeks with Jane and 5 weeks with Walt. I wrote about the experience in a previous post. Passed out with Walt in the nursery our first day home from the hospitalI was able to...
read moreWeekend Update
What a fun whirlwind of a weekend!Friday's weather was unseasonably warm and BEE-YOU-TI-FUL! After Philip got home from work, we went for a family walk around the neighborhood. Sweet little pup Monty loved all of the sights and smells. Jane insisted on walking...
read morePope Francis Made Me An Ignatian-Franciscan Hybrid Wannabe
Since there's a Jesuit university in town, I've always heard about the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus. Reading and learning about the Spiritual Exercises has long been on my list of faith-related to-dos. Now that...
read moreHow Do You “Offer It Up”?
As you all know, the Catholic Church has a new Holy Father, Pope Francis I! Hooray! May God bless him and his office abundantly. I don't think I have anything especially profound to add to what the other writers in the Catholic blogosphere are saying, so I'll leave...
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