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February 2016

February 10, 2016

Ashes to Ashes

Will you think me weird if I confess that Ash Wednesday is my favorite day...

July 2015

July 24, 2015

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia – an update on Lucy

In December, I asked for prayers for my friend Kara's daughter, Lucy, who had been...

June 2015

June 18, 2015

It’s the Original Love Story: Why I REMAIN Catholic

I've invited several readers to guest post why they choose to remain in the Catholic Church....

June 15, 2015

19 Years Later – If I Could Do It Over Again…I Wouldn’t

This morning as I lay in bed watching my husband sleep, I thought back over...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Fluffy Kitty Slippers and The Papal Nuncio

This past weekend, Ella and I went to the WCMX World Championships which were being...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Does God love the devil?

We were in the midst of a catechism lesson when the small voice of my...

March 23, 2015

St Januarius Must Love Pope Francis — And So Do I!

The Pope visited Naples this weekend, and the blood relic of St Januarius returned to...

March 19, 2015

Jesus’s Stepdad

I've asked my kids about John the Baptist and the Blessed Mother. Today we're talking...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

The Way of the Cross with the Coptic Martyrs – Beginning Lent 2015

Am I the only person out there wondering why they kneel? I've seen the still...

February 16, 2015

Chatting About “Wheel Life” with Kelly Mantoan

I first heard of Kelly Mantoan last summer at Edel in Austin. I don't know...

February 02, 2015

Jesus’s Stinky Cousin

Back in December, I asked my children to describe Mary for me. It went so...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

In Idleness There Is No Peace

I was flipping through my archives last week in a mad search for a picture...

January 16, 2015

Lessons from the sickroom

I spent most of last week with one child and then another sleeping on me,...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

Please Don’t Go to Mass This Christmas

This weekend on Facebook, at least a half-dozen friends posted queries as to whether or...

December 16, 2014

The Story Behind the Name

In case you wondered why it's called "Shoved to Them"... Fifteen years ago today, our...

November 2014

November 18, 2014

Holding the Hand of God

"Mom, do you ever just hold God's hand?" He asked me. "You know, like close...

November 16, 2014

Please join me in a Novena for Lucy

My very dear friend, Kara, will be induced tomorrow with her ninth baby. Lucy is...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Open Wide the Doors: Making Parishes Welcoming to the Physically Challenged

Our new church building is beautiful. It's also huge, easily seating 1,000+ for every Mass,...

October 19, 2014

Why I’m Grateful to Cardinal Kasper

Once upon a long, long time ago, I sat in religion class at my Catholic...

October 17, 2014

Can you do that on the way to Heaven?

When she was still with us, my sweet and saintly grandmother taught us that the...

October 13, 2014

If I can quote encyclicals, but have not love…

We made a quick run to the grocery store on Saturday morning, just my...

October 09, 2014

An Open Letter to Parents Expecting a “Crippled Kid”

Last weekend after wheelchair basketball practice, Ella and I were discussing her teammates and why...

August 2014

August 16, 2014

Assumed

(I've known for a few weeks that my blog was changing addresses and moving to...