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May 2016

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 29, 2016

Things I’m Over

#1 The election Look, Hillary is going to win the election and I've known this...

April 27, 2016

Marriages that Can Move Mountains

I just got finished watching Beyonce's visual album Lemonade and I'm blown away. First of...

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 14, 2016

Everything Changes: The Last Year of My 30’s

Tomorrow is my 39th birthday. It will be the first day of the rest...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

Be Not Afraid

As a child, I was sexually abused and bullied at school, both of which were...

November 02, 2015

Purgatory of Addiction

Gov. Chris Christie is in the news this morning talking about drug addiction. Here is...

September 2015

September 11, 2015

Fourteen Years

14 years. Wow. 14 years ago I was married to Ben 8 months pregnant with...

September 02, 2015

The Kingdom of God

I am very lucky to have one of the best evangelists in the world be...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

How do we face this Evil?

Honestly, the pictures of aborted fetuses haven't ever really made me cry or anything. They...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

It's Not About the environment, it is About Love

I have spent the last 6 days in bed with a horrible cold that turned...

April 2015

April 08, 2015

Test by Fire

God and I have this weird relationship. Maybe it’s not weird, but I have yet...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

The Fear of Holy Week

This Easter will be 5 years since I came into the Catholic Church. 5 years...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

Mike Brown, My Life and Peace

Like a lot of people I sat glued to my TV last night watching the...

November 12, 2014

I can Only Change Myself

For 5 years I have heard that joy is what is underneath the water surface....

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Like a Virgin

Have you seen the video of the singing nun doing a remake of Like a...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Because I'm Broken

I used to work at this bar called Club Baloo in Amarillo as a bartender....

June 2014

June 03, 2014

Change is Painful

I was reading Elizabeth Scalia’s post yesterday about Papa Benedict and his new role in...

May 2014

May 05, 2014

I'm Gonna Sit Right Here

I have talked about and written a lot about my friend Homer Munoz who died...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

An Easter Lesson

Today at Mass Father said “If you think 40 days of Lent is hard, trying...

April 02, 2014

The Drama of being Catholic

Ever since I became Catholic it has become clearer and clearer to me that being...

December 2013

December 14, 2013

Let it GO

So this week was hard as any of you who read my 7 QTs knows....

December 13, 2013

7 Quick Takes Vol 9 (I think)

This will be a highly emotionally fueled 7 Quick Takes, I'm just warning you now....

December 09, 2013

An ex-Hooters Girl's take on Modesty

Modesty was a big issue for me when I became Catholic. I had been a...

December 02, 2013

Everyone Has the Right to Find the Truth

You would think that with my past, that I would be the last person in...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Being mad at God

The past few weeks have really sucked. The past few months have really sucked to...

October 2013

October 26, 2013

Wine, Cigarettes, Rap Music, and the Love of God

There are so many parts of my life that have changed since the day that...

September 2013

September 13, 2013

I Am More Than My Facebook

If you have followed my blog posts for the past week, or just know...

May 2013

May 18, 2013

Dying To Self Hurts

When I landed in my first RCIA class I was a hot mess. And I...

May 05, 2012

How Long Will They Mourn Me

For the last five years Cinco de Mayo has been one of the hardest days...