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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 09, 2016

Lady Gaga, a Cure for the Mondays

I woke up this morning with a picture of Lady Gaga and a priest and...

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...

April 11, 2016

I need to Know how to Love Jackwagons

I had great plans on how exactly Friday morning was going to go down. Pope...

April 04, 2016

Interview: Shaka Senghor author of Writing my Wrongs

I am so happy to be able to share with you my interview with Shaka...

April 03, 2016

Divine Mercy Indeed

Right now in this moment, life is perfect. I had this aha moment sometime during...

April 02, 2016

Authentic Feminism

I have been watching Scandal and other Shondaland shows for a long time wondering what exactly...

April 01, 2016

How Bourbon Brought me Happiness

Four years ago on this day a dog was born. Not just any dog, but...

March 2016

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 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...

March 07, 2016

Living the Texas Dream

There has been so much talk lately about the death of the American dream or...

March 05, 2016

Inspired to Keep Trying

The Real O’Neals is a show on ABC about an Irish Catholic family that...

February 2016

February 28, 2016

I’ve Been Binge Watching Scandal and Other Shondaland shows

I am over at Aleteia talking about my binge watching of Scandal and How to...

February 21, 2016

Review: He Named Me Malala

Follow my blog with Bloglovin On Monday Febuary 29, 2016 at 8pm est on...

February 18, 2016

Borders and Lines in the Sand

I have written over and over how important it is to not let snark take...

February 17, 2016

To My 14 Year Old Self: Goodbye

When I was 14 I had already been through things that some adults will...

February 12, 2016

7 Quick Takes Friday: Baby Watch Edition

1. Well, it's 3pm and I've been trying to write this post since 8am, that...

February 02, 2016

I Never Dreamt Marriage Was Like This

Last night my husband and I sat in our room after dinner. He was in...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

The Things God Does

God never ceases to amaze me. Really. I go to the mail to see if...

January 22, 2016

Walking Among Saints in the Making

Last night I went to Adoration at my parish for the first time in months....

January 21, 2016

Book Review: Freedom by Everett Fritz

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Everett Fritz for my radio show on...

January 12, 2016

Free to Love

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

December 2015

December 21, 2015

Love in a Manger

I have a really huge issue with being a mom and step-mom. I don’t know...

December 08, 2015

I am a Tearful Mess Today

I am a crying mess listening to Adele on the first day of the year...

December 08, 2015

A Witness of Mercy

Mercy is central to my life. Without it, I would not be here. I have...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

The Truth Nobody Talks About

I didn't trust myself or my sense of right and wrong when I first became...

November 12, 2015

Falling in Love for the Third Time

My husband and I met when we were little kids and I fell in love...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

God Will Do Anything

It's been a very long time since I have felt on fire for my faith....

September 11, 2015

Fourteen Years

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