I hope you have a very blessed Memorial Day weekend. Please take a moment to pray for our fallen service members. God bless.
Friday’s Beauty Theme: Birds
Beauty is one of my favorite topics and it has a profound impact on my Catholic faith, so I have decided to keep the Beauty Theme going on Mondays and Fridays unless I am being published at Catholic Exchange or another website. In a world marred by suffering, chaos, and confusion, I enjoy looking over …
GIVEAWAY: The Little Book of the Blessed Virgin Mary-2 Copies
It's the month of Mary, so I am going to give away two copies of the book I am reading right now. It is called The Little Book of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Raoul Plus, S.J. I am really enjoying the book and want to share it with you. Here is a description of …
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Confessions of a Post-Ideologue: Why I am Now Anti-Ideology
I grew up in a firmly Republican household. We were also a family of debaters. My parents were debate partners in college and despite the fact that most debate partners loathe each other, they got married. They then had two of their three daughters enjoy and excel at competitive debate, myself being one of them. …
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Catholic Exchange: Cultivating Wonder in Our Daily Lives
Today I am happy to be writing for Catholic Exchange on one of my favorite topics: Wonder. Wonder is something that children do quite naturally. The world is new, so every new, and even old, discovery leads a child to excitement, joy, and wonder. As adults we can have a tendency to look at a …
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Struggling in Prayer
I have a confession to make: I really struggle in my prayer life. It tends to wax and wane. The minute I think that I have a steady rhythm going, I stumble and get out of the habit. I am amazed at how quickly it can fall by the wayside. I can slump quite easily …
Today’s Beauty Theme: Lavender Fields for My Daughter
I have not been able to write much in the last few days. My daughter and I have been battling a chest cold and when she is sick she wants me to snuggle with her 24/7. Since I won't be able to write today I wanted to share some more beauty. I am a firm …
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Society’s Disconnect from the Joy of Children
For reasons that I am not going to discuss explicitly, I have been contemplating our culture's hostility towards children. We live in a culture that views children largely as a nuisance or accessory. Unfortunately this view has pervaded the culture including within the Catholic Church and other Christian communities. My husband and I have been …
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My Daughter Knows How to Love Big
My 3 year old, soon to be 4, daughter has the biggest and kindest heart of anyone I have ever met. Those of you who read my blog regularly, or who know me in person, know that she is my only child. She is our blessing and gift and she may end up being the …
A Very Brief Reflection on Motherhood
There are moments, and they are fleeting, when my daughter places her hand on my face and looks into my eyes with her deep, beautiful eyes and asks me if I am ok, or she tells me she loves me, or she looks at me knowingly with a slight smile across her lips and says …
Swimming the Depths 