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.
The Royal BABY
December 28th is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. On this day, we celebrate the male babies murdered by King Herod in his paranoid attempt to preserve his throne and kill the newborn king, the Christ Child. Today, we pray for those babies as well as all of the other...
read moreBaby Jesus' Birthday Party
At the beginning of Advent, we started explaining to the children that we were preparing for Baby Jesus' birthday. We had Christmas Eve all to ourselves this year, so we decided to throw Baby Jesus a birthday party. When I took the kids to the grocery store last...
read moreBaby Jesus’ Birthday Party
At the beginning of Advent, we started explaining to the children that we were preparing for Baby Jesus' birthday. We had Christmas Eve all to ourselves this year, so we decided to throw Baby Jesus a birthday party. When I took the kids to the grocery store last...
read moreMy Thoughts on Sandy Hook
I sat down to write tonight, hoping to put something cohesive together about what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary last Friday. I can't. All that I can come up with is a bunch of thoughts simultaneously running through my mind. Maybe that's what this post needs to...
read moreSharing What I Learned
Losing our precious baby Thérèse taught me many things, introduced me to many resources, and showed me how many families are affected by miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant death. Since sharing our story, nearly fifty women and their family members reached out to me...
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