Sometime in early July, I was scrubbing dried blood off my husband's wedding ring in the bathroom sink of his fifth hospital room since the crash. The swelling in his left hand had finally gone down enough to wear his ring again, and so I decided to fish his ring out of the still-bloody bag of his ... Read More about For Better or for Worse: Our Year of Trusting God through a New Job, New Business, New Baby, and a Plane Crash
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My favorite prayer right now: The Litany of Trust
My friend Emily shared this beautiful prayer during a small group session at a recent Domestic Church marriage retreat that Michael and I facilitated, and it has become my new favorite prayer. I hope that it blesses some of you as much as it has me. Litany of Trust Written by Sr. Faustina Maria ... Read More about My favorite prayer right now: The Litany of Trust
When we have to trust that a barn is best
During most of Advent this year, my thoughts kept returning to what God didn't provide for Mary at the birth of her son. He didn't provide her with a birth that would happen before she had to leave with Joseph for Bethlehem. He didn't provide her with the surety that she wouldn't have her baby on ... Read More about When we have to trust that a barn is best
Trust with a smile
Well, away we go. From NASA, that is. We are about to enter our very first week of being completely self-employed. A four-day work week, to boot. I think this bodes well. :) Like I've explained before, God frequently uses many "little" affirmations and coincidences to point me where He wants ... Read More about Trust with a smile
Is joy worth the effort of trust?
My friend Lucy recently sent me a passage about trust from One Thousand Gifts, a beautiful book by Ann Voskamp. I don't know why it's so true for me that succombing to some level of anxiety and stress is so much easier than keeping my peace and trusting in my all-powerful, almighty, all-knowing ... Read More about Is joy worth the effort of trust?
A Year of Favor
A little life update For me, Monday, February 7 needs to get some kind of Lifetime Achievement Award for “Most Different Day from Exactly One Year Before.” On February 7, 2021, I was a stay-at-home, homeschooling, 12-passenger van-driving Catholic Mom of Many, and I was helping my husband in ... Read More about A Year of Favor
Three Things Covid Made Me Do That I Never Saw Coming (But God Did)
My iced latte this afternoon is creamy and delicious. The hum of conversations, soft jazz, and the tapping of my laptop keys is a special kind of music to my ears. I'm at one of my favorite local coffee shops, where I've spent many happy hours of my life over the past 12 years blogging my heart out. ... Read More about Three Things Covid Made Me Do That I Never Saw Coming (But God Did)
Why “begin again” is the motto every Catholic mom should have
I felt the front of my linen apron grow warm and heavy against my skin as my two year old poured a bath toy filled with soapy water down my front. The almost-four-year-old laughed hysterically. I reeled back into the present moment. I was kneeling on the hard tile floor at the side of a ... Read More about Why “begin again” is the motto every Catholic mom should have
New to Homeschooling? This Will Calm Your Heart
I've lost count of how many friends, family and acquaintances will be venturing into homeschooling this fall. Families have every reason under the sun for choosing homeschooling, but the pandemic has definitely added many new ones. This post isn't a manifesto on why homeschooling is the best ... Read More about New to Homeschooling? This Will Calm Your Heart