Catholics hear quite regularly how central our prayer life is in our daily living. It is what centers our lives and it is what helps us to focus and have a relationship with Jesus Christ. How to foster that prayer life, is the difficulty. Add to the mix motherhood and marriage, and things get really …
Just Say “No” to Busy
I have not written much on this website lately. I was taking a break to focus on my family and faith journey. I had gotten myself into a rut where I was doing too much and accomplishing very little. I was leading or helping out in five ministries while trying to balance being a wife, …
Blog Hiatus
I have decided to take a hiatus from regularly posting on my blog for a few months. I have two novels floating around in my mind, both of which I have begun writing. As the mom of a toddler, I have limited time to write, and I feel like the novels should be my primary …
The Need for Conversion: Catholic Sexual Ethics
I have decided to add another post into my current series on Catholic teaching on sexual ethics and "gay marriage". In a perfect world, all of us would fully assent to Church teaching before we professed to be Catholic. We would still sin, but all of us would, at least intellectually, assent to infallible teaching …
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A Response to Feminism’s Clarion Call to Be “Self-Made”
I saw yet another article condemning stay-at-home moms as second class citizens. Quite frankly, the author is not worth the link in on my blog. She is worth prayers, but not a link. The argument is always the same: The self-made, individualist, materialistic, selfish woman is the REAL woman of the 21st Century. Let's call …
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Small Success Thursday: Protecting Our Children Edition
It is Small Success Thursday over at CatholicMom.com. Come share this week's small successes with us. This week was a travel week for my husband. Thankfully he is home for a while, but things get a little topsy-turvy when he is on the road. I managed to actually get some sleep while he was gone. …
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Dear Daughters: A Letter to Girls, Teens, and Young Women in Their Dating Years
*A note to moms and dads: Some of this may be hard to read or understand, but this is the reality of what our daughters are facing. Things have changed drastically since we were teens. Dear Daughters, You are beautiful. Every single one of you. You are created in the image and likeness of …
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Small Success Thursday: Book Giveaway Edition
Good morning! It is Small Success Thursday once again over at CatholicMom.com. Come on over and share this week's successes with us so we can cheer each other on. I count the fact that I got out of bed at 6am this morning to pray Lauds and write as a big success. Our daughter will …
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Small Success Thursdays-Biggest Loser Edition
Today is Small Success Thursday over at CatholicMom.com. Share your week's successes with us. This week is our first week back into a normal routine. My husband had two weeks off over the holidays and while it is great to have him around, we all tend to fall out of our routines when he is home. …
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The Dangers of Modern Fiction and A Desire to Write
A desire to write is absolutely pushing itself upon me these days. In fact, writing is constantly in my thoughts like when a new romance is started. I can't explain it. It is hard to contain and hard to balance. I am the mother of a toddler, a wife, and about to become a postulant …
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Swimming the Depths 