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Erin Franco

Interior Life

Don’t miss out on the chocolate: Detachment and temperance in time spent online

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

A while back, I stumbled upon this post at Hands Free Mama…and finished reading it burning with shame and cringing…
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Obedience for moms?

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I don’t usually have many problems with following rules. I have such an extra-ordinarily sensitive conscience that I am honestly…
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Indiana Jones, a leap of faith, and tiny miracles

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Growing up, I always had a thing for the Indiana Jones movies. The Temple of Doom sort of creeps me out,…
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You don’t say “yes” just once

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We are all recovering well from the Gabriel Plague of 2012, but are still eating simply due to lingering sensitivity…
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For better or for worse

For better or for worse

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

August 8, 2008 I got married four years ago today to Michael Wayne Franco Jr., the most charismatic, good-hearted, enthusiastic,…
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Easy for you, hard for me

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life

What is easy for one person may be very difficult for another person. This has been on my heart over…
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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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