It's the Jubilee Year of Mercy. If you're Catholic, go to mass at least semi-regularly, and haven't heard the news, you may have been living under a rock.:) Over the past few weeks, our parish priest has mentioned mercy several times in his homilies, and I've come across some nice blog posts and ... Read More about What Are You Doing for the Year of Mercy? {PLUS! A Special Catholic Conference 4 Moms Coupon Code}
Humble Handmaid Blog Archives
How To Tell Those D-Words Where To Go
I lay awake in bed a few nights ago, exhausted but unable to fall asleep. A swirling, heavy cloud of D-words plagued my thoughts and sat heavy on my chest. Disunity. Disenchantment. Discouragement. Disappointment. Despair. Downheartedness. I felt that night like I was failing at ... Read More about How To Tell Those D-Words Where To Go
The Top Humble Handmaid Posts of 2015
One of the wild things about blogging is how quickly posts come and go...even your best ones. If you thought beauty was fleeting, try a blog post! We bloggers spend hours--days, sometimes--on a single post that we're passionate about. If we're really lucky, it goes "viral." I've never had a post ... Read More about The Top Humble Handmaid Posts of 2015
A Slice of Life, Sneak Peeks, and MORE Big News {BONUS 10-MIN EPISODE!}
The Right Heart has been a little quiet lately, but not without good reason! I've been pre-recording shows for my new radio show starting up in February, and life has been a little crazy over the past couple of months in the (new, and finally all our own!) Casa de Franco. I just had to share this ... Read More about A Slice of Life, Sneak Peeks, and MORE Big News {BONUS 10-MIN EPISODE!}
Episode 17: Lisa Schmidt on Restoring Your Fertility to God as a Couple
Lisa Schmidt is a Catholic wife, mother of three (with one on the way!), blogger and speaker. She and her husband, Deacon Joel Schmidt, run The Practicing Catholic. Lisa and Deacon Joel also host their own podcast, and Lisa is no stranger to radio. She writes regularly for Catholic Stand and ... Read More about Episode 17: Lisa Schmidt on Restoring Your Fertility to God as a Couple
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
New Year, New Radio Show
Happy Friday! I can finally share some really, really exciting news with you guys. Starting in February 2016, I will host a weekly radio show for Breadbox Media! I'm still in a really, God?! frame of mind about this one, ya'll. I am humbled, and honored, and not-so-secretly wondering how the ... Read More about New Year, New Radio Show
What to do when your kids don’t like reading Bible stories {Review & Giveaway!}
Time for another true confession on the blog: A secret area of Mommy Guilt for me used to be that I hadn't been able to get my kids to like reading Bible stories. We own at least four or five different Bible story books, but my young children (6, 4 and 2 by the way) just hadn't ever been ... Read More about What to do when your kids don’t like reading Bible stories {Review & Giveaway!}
The thankfulness in my heart today is this.
Oh, St. Josemaria. How well you have put into words what is in my heart this Thanksgiving. If you have followed my family's story, you know a little of what Michael and I have been through over the past few years. You may know that this Thanksgiving is the first one in a home of our own after two ... Read More about The thankfulness in my heart today is this.