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September 2016

September 20, 2016

What do I know? What is Real?

I have an amazing therapist. In the three and a half years that I have...

August 2016

August 05, 2016

Being Joyful Through The Pain, Remembering that I am Loved

I have been feeling pretty low lately. I don't feel loved or appreciated by my...

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...

June 2016

June 17, 2016

Absent Fathers

A few weeks ago I sat in child support court for almost an entire day...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

What I’ve Learned about Parenting

I have been a mother since I was 16 years old. I have given birth...

April 2016

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 02, 2016

Authentic Feminism

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

March 2016

March 21, 2016

Reconciliation

Reconciliation is what the best moments in life are made of. When we are without...

February 2016

February 05, 2016

Babies, Sex and Birth Control

It is very difficult to find help when you are poor. Sure it seems like...

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 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....

November 2015

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...

August 2015

August 14, 2015

The Day a Dead Priest Showed Up

I woke up this morning at a complete loss. I felt as if I was...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

What are We?

First a quick line about "why" I have Jacob posting on my blog. There really...

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...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

No, I am not a Heretic

(Disclaimer: I’m very cranky.) So people are talking a lot about gay marriage because SCOTUS...

February 2015

February 11, 2015

It is Good to Enjoy Sex

Today on my show (which you can hear at 10pm est. time) I am really going to...

November 2014

November 17, 2014

Proverbs 31 Fail, or Maybe Not

So yesterday at Mass the first reading was out of Proverbs 31 which for me...

November 05, 2014

PSA : Nagging Never Works to Change Anyone

I was talking to my best friend today about some things and I realized that...

October 2014

October 24, 2014

7 Quick Takes Fall Edition

1. I don't know if I say this in a blog post every fall, but...

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

Speaking Out for the Idiots

I do not know all the details on the NFL player who got suspended for...

August 2014

August 17, 2014

When Saints Pray for You

I’m just gonna be honest here, I did not plan on going to Mass on...

August 02, 2014

I Called Out to You

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

July 2014

July 16, 2014

God’s love is Scandalizing

As I have written for a while now, things in my life have been a...

June 2014

June 15, 2014

A Mother's Duty to Honor Fatherhood

I grew up raised by a single mother who tried her best to give me...

May 2014

May 06, 2014

Fake Apologies

God has really been teaching me so many things lately and sometimes I feel like...