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 …
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 …
Continue reading "Today’s Beauty Theme: Lavender Fields for My Daughter"
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 …
The Shock and Awe of Becoming a Contributor for Catholic Exchange
I learned a few lessons yesterday as I began my contributor relationship with Catholic Exchange. The story of how I ended up writing periodically for them is one that I can only look back at in wonder. A few weeks before I was asked by the editor to become a contributor, I had emailed a …
Continue reading "The Shock and Awe of Becoming a Contributor for Catholic Exchange"
Today’s Beauty Theme is Water
Today's beauty theme is water. I was thinking of a theme and then it started raining. Water is beautiful, cleansing, keeps us alive, and is linked to Baptism. *Once again not my pictures. They are from a Google Images search* Have a blessed weekend!
Today’s Beauty Theme is Space
Today's beauty theme is space. So much awe and wonder.
Today’s Beauty Theme is Mountains
Today's theme is mountains. Being a Montana native, I can never get enough of mountains. God bless! *These images were found via a Google Images search*
The Need for Wonder
“We are perishing for want of wonder, not for want of wonders.” ― G.K. Chesterton I have written a bit about beauty and how God woos us through his secondary causes. Today I want to write about wonder. The two go hand-in-hand. Wonder is something that children do quite naturally. The world is new, so …
Swimming the Depths 