About Ginny Moyer

Ginny Kubitz Moyer is a freelance writer, public school teacher, and mother of two young boys. She's also the author of Mary and Me: Catholic Women Reflect on the Mother of God (winner of a 2009 Catholic Press Award). Check out her blog Random Acts of Momness (http://randomactsofmomness.com) for thoughts on faith, parenting, writing, and the occasional ode to Jane Austen.

Latest Posts by Ginny Moyer

The Best Picture Book You’ve Never Read: Pickle-Chiffon Pie by Jolly Roger Bradfield

If you’re looking for an engaging picture book with serious spiritual depth, look no further than Pickle-Chiffon Pie by Jolly Roger Bradfield.  …

A Spiritual Classic: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

When it comes to writing about why I love The Secret Garden, it’s hard to know where to start.  I could talk about …

Spiritual books for kids (and moms): Stone Soup

Boy, I loved Stone Soup when I was a kid. I checked it out of the library more times than I can count. …

12 Things I Never Did Before I Was a Mom

1. Pick someone else’s nose. 2.  Carry Matchbox cars in my purse. 3.  Take a rectal temperature. 4.  Buy chicken shaped like …

Seeing the Mass as a Tourist

In my Catholic lifetime of thirty-something years, I’ve worshipped in many different places.  I’ve sung my alleluias under the vivid stained-glass of …

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Not Every Mom Has Been Pregnant

I have two children, and I chose both of their birthdays.  By “chose their birthdays,” I don’t mean that my husband and …

Why I did not try to argue my way out of the parking ticket

Well, it started off as a great day. My little boy Matthew and I spent the morning doing some mother-son bonding.  We went to …

What We Owe to Erma

“Housework, if you do it right, will kill you.” - Erma Bombeck Erma Bombeck is very much a name from my childhood. My …

Hug a Teacher

This is not an easy time to be a teacher.   When you factor in the draconian budget cuts affecting most districts, as …

Our Lady of New Beginnings

Life, I’m realizing, is one new beginning after another.  And sometimes, those beginnings require serious mental adjustment. When I started my career …

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Once Again, Mary Comes Through by Ginny Kubitz Moyer

Yesterday was not the greatest day.  I won’t go into the gory details, but let’s just say that it was one of …

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