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June 2018

June 08, 2018

Random Thoughts On Suicide

First, if you are suffering from depression or suicidal thoughts, seek help. Go to a...

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...

April 18, 2018

The Alt-Right, Abortion and the Gotcha Game

I was pro-choice before becoming Catholic even though I would have said that I...

April 03, 2018

Praying With My Enemies

On Good Friday I went to Stations of the Cross at my parish. It...

March 2018

March 02, 2018

In The Cool of The Evening

The other evening my husband and I were driving to the grocery store as...

January 2018

January 22, 2018

Who Am I

I am twelve days away from going through hell. It will be one year since...

December 2017

December 22, 2017

Death Be Not Proud

On Wednesday March 8th at 1:51 my oldest son called me to ask if he...

December 20, 2017

Book Review: When We Were Eve

Reviewing this book is a bit difficult because I am pretty bias. I love...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

I am Mourning

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

October 2017

October 24, 2017

Faith After Tragedy

I have had a lot of people tell me that my faith in the aftermath...

October 18, 2017

Keeping Hope Alive

I never sold or did drugs but I dated drug dealers. I hung out in...

September 2017

September 20, 2017

If I Can Give One Piece of Parenting Advice

I see discussions where parents are all trying to figure out how to keep their...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

Broken

My best friend Candie Flores and my husband do not read books. They just don't....

July 07, 2017

A Note From Way Back Here

I was just a child myself waiting on my baby to be born. I had...

April 2017

April 19, 2017

The Tomb of Grief

Last week I wrote about what happened the day that my son Anthony died by...

February 2017

February 24, 2017

Two days ago I had a really bad day. Every single wound I have ever...

September 2016

September 21, 2016

How I found Myself

Last night I wrote this post about losing myself. I went to bed thinking...

September 20, 2016

When Did I Lose Myself?

I watched my three year old granddaughter today. She ran around in the living room...

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 19, 2016

In the Wake of The World’s Tragedies

I have been working almost every day for the last few weeks. My days...

August 09, 2016

One of the Stages of Grief: Anger

I am over at Aleteia talking about grief and how I used to try and...

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 24, 2016

Sometimes God Does Not Let Things Go

I'm going back to waiting tables. I am not really sure how it happened really,...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

Happiness in a Depressing World

I kept reading people's opinions about the Stanford rape case to the point of having...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Through the Clouds

On Sunday I wrote a blog post abut how I didn't see how God is...

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 11, 2016

Waiting for Redemption

Grief is such a bitch. That’s the only way that I can describe it. 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 27, 2016

Marriages that Can Move Mountains

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