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The month I turned 30, had my fourth baby, celebrated 8 years of marriage, and survived the Great Flood

The month I turned 30, had my fourth baby, celebrated 8 years of marriage, and survived the Great Flood

Homeschooling· Humble Handmaid· Marriage· Saints

I feel like the slow, leisurely summer I had was probably a God-send. August has been a real roller coaster. First came my 30th…
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Winding down and winding up: An end-of-summer update

Winding down and winding up: An end-of-summer update

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It has been a lovely, restful summer, for the most part. I felt a strong call in the late spring…
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In case you “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”…

In case you “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”…

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I thought that Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” was the most romantic song I’d ever heard when I…
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Back to the Heart of Sunday Rest, with Lisa Schmidt

Back to the Heart of Sunday Rest, with Lisa Schmidt

Humble Handmaid· Podcast

Lisa Schmidt of The Practicing Catholic is back for Episode 27 of The Right Heart, and my interview with her has…
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Slowing down

Slowing down

Humble Handmaid

I’ve probably come back to this post in my drafts seven or eight times now.  There’s so much I want…
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Did you miss my THREE new podcast episodes this month? {Definitely don’t miss this GIVEAWAY!}

Did you miss my THREE new podcast episodes this month? {Definitely don’t miss this GIVEAWAY!}

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood· Podcast

I’ve released three new podcast episodes over the past month (sort of a miracle for me lately), and I wanted…
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I'm a south Louisiana girl, Catholic wife, writer, speaker, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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