There are a lot of mommy blogs out there and I read various authors to get ideas for my daughter and my home. I am not crafty or creative in the same sense as many of these mothers, so I appreciate their help. Sometimes, though, I wish stay-at-home moms would be a bit more honest. …
Catholic Link: 7 Things I Didn’t Fully Understand Before Parenthood
Each of us has a vocation from God and mine happens to be marriage. My husband and I got married nearly five years ago and I was pregnant with our daughter four months after we got married. That means my husband and I went into parenthood right away and both of us have learned a …
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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 …
Down Shifting: Properly Ordering Family and Study
This semester has been a bit of a challenge for me. The challenge is balancing family and full-time studies. Being a full-time graduate student is a lot like working full-time. Not to mention that my entire program is online. I seldom interact with my professors. I am essentially teaching myself theology and philosophy with the …
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Small Success Thursday: My Amazing Husband
I am a firm believer that women should compliment their husbands in public and voice struggles either in private with their husband or with a trusted friend if counsel is needed. If people hear me griping about my husband constantly it will change their view of him and that is wrong. Not to mention that …
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Motherhood vs Talents: The Internal Battle and Trusting God
My regular Confessor knows just how much I struggle with being a stay-at-home mom. The reasons are varied, but more than anything, I am trying to find the balance between doing what is best for my daughter and using the gifts that God has given me. I know that the best thing is for me …
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Small Success Thursday: Lent and School
Today I am going to take a break from my series on sinful anger to participate in CatholicMom.com's Small Success Thursdays. I will say that beginning my Lenten series on sinful anger is a small success for this week. For those of you who have struggled with anger at different periods of your life, I …
Celebrating Our 4th Wedding Anniversary
Today is my 4th wedding anniversary. It has been an amazing and interesting ride. I have learned more in the past 4 years than I did in the 29 previous years. I know more about my self; my strengths and my weaknesses. Marriage is a vocation because it is a path to holiness. As I …
Praying With a Toddler
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, …
Swimming the Depths 