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August 2021

August 26, 2021

Being Lighter than Here

The major consequence of chemo so far, has been flatness. I wish it meant fitness...

August 22, 2021

If Today You Sing, Your Hearts Will Be Softened

It’s a running gag that most Catholics don’t sing at mass. That’s a job for...

August 20, 2021

40 Ways to Love Your Neighbor

We all like to think we love our neighbors, but we all struggle with someone,...

August 15, 2021

Fighting the Anti-Witness

Being stuck at home and in bed, I spend time I should be resting, scrolling,...

August 12, 2021

Asking for the Miraculous

When you find out you have cancer but that's all you know...it's a foxhole moment...

August 10, 2021

Reception is Lousy

Today, I went to the surgeon for follow up. Eleven of twenty-three lymph nodes they...

August 09, 2021

Mask Wearing, Humility and Virtue

Recently, I shared this meme, only to be questioned as to whether it was an...

August 05, 2021

BOTH AND UP DOWN FLAILING LOST RESTING WONDERING STUCK WAITING

How am I? Well, the title says it all. My brain, my nerves, my body...

August 04, 2021

Ideas for Next Time

Having gone through eight confirmations aside from my own, I've done some thinking about how...

August 03, 2021

Why All This Stuff Matters

It's August. It's hot and there is nothing looming on the horizon but the ordinary...

August 03, 2021

Okay…I’m Sort Of Back

The surgery took place on the feast of Saint Mary, Saint Martha and Saint Lazarus....

July 2021

July 29, 2021

Today is a Perfect Day

It's a grace to recognize gifts. Yesterday, the gift of searing a moment was received....

July 28, 2021

TEN RULES FOR WHILE MOMMY IS RECOVERING

This is both real and tongue in cheek --because I know, there's never an age...

July 27, 2021

One Day Until Surgery

I have one days before surgery and I'll admit it right now, I'm scared. It...

July 23, 2021

Just a reminder, All is Real

So I hopped on Facebook today and found a fierce discussion going on about Heaven,...

July 22, 2021

Circling the Date, Seizing the Day

IMAGINE A PICTURE OF A CALENDAR HERE WITH A DATE CIRCLED IN RED. IMAGINE THE...

July 20, 2021

Why and How the Domestic Church that is the Family Matters

Photo by Daria Shevtsova from PexelsThere’s a commercial for a famous brand of macaroni and cheese, where the...

July 17, 2021

Relics Bring Us the Reality of Saints

Today, I have a piece over at the National Catholic Register on Saint Elizabeth Ann...

July 16, 2021

We Need A Little Christmas

As a Catholic, we're always supposed to mindful of the liturgical season; Advent, Christmas, Ordinary...

July 11, 2021

The Power of Witness

We took the kids swimming this Sunday at the pool with the high diving board. ...

July 10, 2021

“Ask the Lord for a Sign…”

Sometimes, you need to dare in prayer. God doesn't mind. In fact, He delights when...

July 06, 2021

Nothing that Concerns You Has Happened…

Back in high school, I took part in every spring musical. Senior year, we performed...

July 04, 2021

Happy 4th of July

Dear Nation, It's July 4th, 2021. We're a tired people who have so much more to...

June 2021

June 29, 2021

We All Want What Isn’t Yet, to be Better

Today, the words that fell on my heart, were we are more than the sum...

June 27, 2021

Summer Nonsense

Today, we took our kids swimming. I've ordered a pool pass for countless summers. We're...

June 23, 2021

Catholics Should Not Be Thinking “Katy, Bar the Door.”

In this modern age, where relativism is deeper than the air we breathe, the desire...

June 18, 2021

Summer List of Inspiration to Help Us Enjoy All of the Next Three Months

Every year we sit and make a list of things we hope to do over...

June 16, 2021

I have a feature over at OSV

I wrote this reflection shortly after discovering I have cancer. We are still in the...

June 14, 2021

Unworthily Blessed

“Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith...

June 10, 2021

AN HONEST POST

IT'S SHOUTY THURSDAY... WHY? BECAUSE YOU'LL READ THIS AND IT'S CATHARTIC TO TYPE IN ALL...

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