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January 2016

January 12, 2016

Free to Love

Last Saturday my husband and I went to a friend’s and had some wine....

January 07, 2016

Letting Go

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

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Reality Is Difficult, But It Is Not Boring

I have been pretty honest and open about my past and I’ve had people ask...

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...

August 2015

August 13, 2015

Life: The Struggle is Real

The other day I was doing some researching for taglines that people from all walks...

June 2015

June 03, 2015

Why I Stay Catholic

There are so many times when I ask myself why the heck I am Catholic....

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Dialogue Requires Listening, not Just Talking

*** I would ask you if you are not Catholic or even Christian to please...

May 20, 2015

Love: the Fire that Burns

This past weekend my husband and I set out on a trip to Amarillo, Texas...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

When Your Nightmare is Over

Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

The Struggle

I have been reading He Leadeth Me this past week and I can’t tell you...

March 16, 2015

I Tolerate You as long as You Agree with Me

Apparently Dolce and Gabbana have been taking a lot of heat for saying that they...

February 2015

February 07, 2015

Sometimes Prison isn't Punishment

I have been to jail many times for things like hot checks, tickets and a...

December 2014

December 04, 2014

Post Conversion Friend Fail

As Catholics we sometimes get tempted to seal ourselves up in our own bubbles and...

November 2014

November 10, 2014

Perfect Love Casts out All Fear

I have such a hard time believing that God loves me just as I am....

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Like a Virgin

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

October 17, 2014

7 Quick Takes Vlog style about Wounds, People Throwing Shade and Everything Else

I need to talk more. I am the most socially awkward person alive right now,...

October 13, 2014

The Wounded Bird

I read this book on love addiction called Facing Love Addiction by Pia Mellody after...

October 10, 2014

7 QTs Things I've Learned In Therapy

1. Yesterday I was talking to my husband and I said "In the last...

October 04, 2014

Relationships and Healing

Relationships are the hardest part of being human for me. I guess if you look...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

7 QTs about Anti-rant Rants, Love, Hookers and Why I'm Crazy

1. If you have read my blog at all, you know that I'm a Facebook...

September 10, 2014

Where is The Encounter

All day I have discussed the issue of Cardinal Dolan being the Grand Marshall at...

September 04, 2014

How to Fight the Prosperity Gospel

Yesterday morning I woke up and read an article about the Osteen Predicament. It was...

August 2014

August 02, 2014

I Called Out to You

Last night me, my husband, and my 3 youngest children took a break from the...

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...

May 01, 2014

Fear Does Not Come From God

I have had a pretty good week and a half. I feel like a weight...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

An Easter Lesson

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

February 2014

February 27, 2014

For the Love of God

All this talk about baking cakes for gay weddings has me so sad and angry....

February 11, 2014

Taking Off the Bubble Wrap

I have always had this crazy gift of meeting cool people without any kind of...

January 2014

January 08, 2014

Who is Really Blind?

I was planning to write a long post about Jamie Stiehm’s op-ed “The Catholic Supreme...