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April 2018

April 28, 2018

The Best Life I Never Expected

The other day I was talking to my husband about how if Anthony were...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

I am Mourning

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

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Rejecting God

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

July 2016

July 29, 2016

So I lied to Ya’ll

Awhile back I wrote a blog post saying that I have no parenting advice. Well,...

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 26, 2016

Life: the Gift that Bites You in the Ass

You know how I said that I used to think I knew everything about parenting?...

May 20, 2016

What I’ve Learned about Parenting

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

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 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...

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...

March 2016

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 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 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...

December 2015

December 23, 2015

Oh, Hillary…. #NotMyAbuela

I'm trying to write this post about Hillary Clinton and it's difficult because the freakin...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Six Years, no Arrests

It's been 6 years since I've been arrested for anything. I spent 11 years in...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

My Peace

In the last couple of years my life has been chaos. I blamed God for...

March 2015

March 21, 2015

7QT: Lice, Dog Bites, and Mary

1. So, it's been awhile since I joined 7 Quick Takes. You know life is...

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...

October 2014

October 31, 2014

7 Quick Takes about Grown Children, Being a Hermit, and Music

1. It's Halloween annnd I have nothing to do except get my 15-year-old son a...

October 04, 2014

Relationships and Healing

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

September 2014

September 18, 2014

The Red Door

A week ago today the body of a 2-year-old little boy was found in a...

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...

June 13, 2014

7 QTs Summer, Kids, Rap Music and Whatever

1. It's summer. I love my kids, I really really do and maybe I'm...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

There but For the Grace of God

When I got divorced from my first husband at 28 I went a bit crazy....

May 2013

May 31, 2013

7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol 6)

1. You know it's been a long day when you are trying to tune out...

May 27, 2013

Our World Needs Intentional Disciples of Christ

It has been a crazy few weeks. I am not really sure what is going...