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November 2021

November 19, 2021

I Can’t Act Like I’ve Been There

Grace and gracefulness never guaranteed... Back in high school, I danced. Eventually, either the teachers...

October 2021

October 08, 2021

Spirograph Brave

Back when I was five or six, Mom took me for a necessary vaccination. I...

October 02, 2021

How to Know if You’ve Forgotten Something

Most mornings, I make a list. If it's on the list, there's a 85 percent...

September 2021

September 24, 2021

This is something I wrote back in 2015 on Facebook. I was focusing on the...

September 04, 2021

Moments We hope They Remember

Today, my youngest came to me feeling only stress. After she told me all her...

August 2021

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 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

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 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 06, 2021

Nothing that Concerns You Has Happened…

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

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...

May 2021

May 14, 2021

Hakuna Matata Theology vs. the Cross

This is not going to win me any points with the internet. If today you...

May 08, 2021

Need to Grade, Edit and So I’m Cross Posting

Whenever there's something big to do in my life, I usually look for a bigger...

May 04, 2021

Patheos Celebrates Starwars, May the 4th be With You

Mark Wilson over at The Catholic Bard at Patheos, has assembled for your enjoyment, a...

May 02, 2021

It’s May, Call your Mother

It's May, the month of our Blessed Mother. What are you doing for her for...

April 2021

April 25, 2021

Dear Daughter getting Confirmed…

You already have the gifts of courage, listening, understanding, humor, intellect and kindness. You show...

April 21, 2021

The Beauty of a Bedtime Story

My favorite thing to do with my children as a parent, is read them stories. ...

April 18, 2021

Agent of W.I.N.E. Just in Time

As a freelancer, I write for many different publications and am as a result, a...

April 13, 2021

Blessed Then and Now

She is preparing for confirmation this year. Thirteen years ago...She was born on Friday the...

April 09, 2021

Movies, Editing and Parenting Doesn’t Age Well

We've been watching old movies and I've discovered, movies I loved, now feel dull, and...

April 05, 2021

Easter Monday, Now What

We've completed the Holiest week, the high week of our faith, and now we have...

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