Originally posted at Creative Minority Report: I was reading a post over at the wonderful DanielleBean.com.In this post she responds to some female readers who are on the fence about having a 3rd, 4th, or 5th child. Danielle ponders why this topic seems to come up again and again and then answers her own question [...]

Originally posted by Matthew on Creative Minority Report My daughters were discussing their snack options after school today. After rummaging around I offered grapes or raisins. My seven year old told the other two girls in that way that older sisters have that “actually grapes and raisins are the same thing.” An uproar of questions [...]

Originally posted by Matthew at Creative Minority Report My two year old loves our new baby. He wants to hug her and squeeze her all the time. All the time. Which, of course, scares the heck out of me. He comes wheeling around the corner yelling “Hug baby Bridget! Hug!” going about 43 miles per [...]

As originally posted at Matthew Creative Minority Report A friend said to me the other day upon learning my wife is pregnant, “Again! Are you crazy? You’re never going to be able to have a normal life.” A normal life? I wonder what that means. Every once in a while someone says something which makes [...]

Originally posted by Matthew at Creative Minority Report: “Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony, please come around. Something is lost and cannot be found.” I learned that little prayer when I was a kid and mumble it whenever I lose something –which is often. The prayer usually works as I typically find whatever I’d lost except when [...]

Originally posted by Matthew on Creative Minority Report: Many people say the word “miracle” is overused. Not me. To me, when the magnet sticks to the refrigerator, I’m astounded. Wireless telephones with voices riding invisible waves thousands of miles within nanoseconds are unbelievable. Whenever my kids ask me a series of questions of why things [...]

By Matthew from Creative Minority Report: Does everything seem smaller to you? I know they say the world is shrinking because of the internet, high speed travel, and communications. That’s a good thing in many ways. But I mean it differently. And in not such a good way. When you look at this country’s political [...]

By Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report: Should we find out? My wife asked me that question about 15 weeks into her pregnancy. My wife has always been willing to be surprised by the sex of the baby but not me. I need to know. And so we know that our fifth child will be [...]

From the Creative Minority Report “Thanks for the Catechism Daddy!” Certainly something not many parents hear. My 7 yr. old daughter recently wrapped up ‘religion’ classes at our local parish. They seem to do a nice job there and the oldest kids (5 & 7) have always show keen interest in understanding their religion more. [...]

By Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report My family and I go to a diner most Sundays after church. It’s our big event of the week and I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Recently, two women sitting at an adjacent table engaged in a lengthy conversation about how crazy my wife and I must be [...]