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September 2018

September 06, 2018

Living Means Fixing Your Hair

Yesterday I wrote on my website about life eighteen months after losing my oldest...

August 2018

August 27, 2018

Yes, I am still Catholic

Maybe some of you know but maybe some of you don't know that I had...

April 2018

April 10, 2018

You Wrecked Me

The definition of Exhortation is "communication encouraging someone to do something." Keep this in mind as...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

I am Mourning

Mourning is something that is avoided at every cost. Part of it is our brain...

November 02, 2017

All Souls Day as a Grieving Mother: Year 1

When I walked around the cemetery in Rome and came across this headstone I thought...

October 2017

October 24, 2017

Faith After Tragedy

I have had a lot of people tell me that my faith in the aftermath...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

Broken

My best friend Candie Flores and my husband do not read books. They just don't....

July 11, 2017

Book Review- Healing Promises: The Essential Guide to the Sacred Heart

The first Mass when I realized there was something special about Communion was at my...

July 07, 2017

A Note From Way Back Here

I was just a child myself waiting on my baby to be born. I had...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

The Tomb of Grief

Last week I wrote about what happened the day that my son Anthony died by...

March 2017

March 02, 2017

Grief part 27

Here's the thing that a lot of people do not get about losing people you...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

Two days ago I had a really bad day. Every single wound I have ever...

February 17, 2017

Rejecting God

It's no secret to anyone who has been reading my blog these past ten months...

December 2016

December 06, 2016

Waiting

A few weeks ago I went deer hunting for the first time in my entire...

November 2016

November 07, 2016

The Dark Night of Life

I know that everyone is ready to lay around in despair over the election results...

August 2016

August 03, 2016

Loving Your Spouse in the Desert

A few weeks ago I was cleaning the bookshelf in my living room and I...

July 2016

July 30, 2016

When God Laughs

I am off of work today after getting up at 6am since last Sunday for...

July 08, 2016

Will We Let Fear Win

“I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

Friendships: the Casualty of Crisis

Here are just a few of the issues that I have been dealing with in...

May 24, 2016

Through the Clouds

On Sunday I wrote a blog post abut how I didn't see how God is...

May 22, 2016

The Root of It All

When I was younger I went to a Baptist Church. I really did come to...

May 11, 2016

Waiting for Redemption

Grief is such a bitch. That’s the only way that I can describe it. In...

April 2016

April 12, 2016

Today’s Reason for Not Reading Amoris Laetitia

So you know how the Pope released a document about how to love each other...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Holy Saturday: When Love and Mercy defeat Fear and Lies

I have had the best week. It's been a Holy Week full of Grace and...

March 18, 2016

Book Review: Operating on Faithby Matt Weber

Operating on Faith by Matt Weber is a memoir about suffering, marriage, love and...

March 11, 2016

The Frustration of Government Assistance

I am typing this after fighting with the food-stamp office for the last 3 1

March 04, 2016

The Restlessness of Fear

I am taking a Called and Gifted class at my parish on Thursday nights which...

February 2016

February 09, 2016

Fat Tuesday and Preparing for Lent

Tomorrow is Ask Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. I don't know if you have heard...

January 2016

January 07, 2016

Letting Go

I have often heard the saying “Let go and let God” and I’ve never really...

January 05, 2016

Hello, My name is Leticia and I’m a Drunk

Yesterday I was on the Jennifer Fulwiler Show on SiriusXM The Catholic Channel and we...