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Erin Franco

Interior Life

St. Frances of Rome

Humble Handmaid· Saints

Last Monday was the feast day of St. Frances of Rome. I wouldn’t have known that it was her feast day…
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Dirty dishes and perfect charity

Dirty dishes and perfect charity

Interior Life· Marriage

A few months ago, I walked into the kitchen after finally getting the kids in bed, and I burst into…
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Have mercy on the clumsy

Interior Life· Motherhood

There are many little moments in our lives when we don’t have quite the right words to say, or we…
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Why I’m not telling my children to “follow your heart”

Why I’m not telling my children to “follow your heart”

Interior Life· Motherhood· Saints

The turning point in this cradle Catholic’s re-conversion to her faith was when I heard something at a retreat during…
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How thinking like a man helps me be a better mom

How thinking like a man helps me be a better mom

Interior Life· Marriage· Motherhood

Photographer: Adrian Sampson Sometimes illustration can be oh-so-enlightening when it comes to relationships. Mike and I gave talks for a…
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4 Ways We Pick Our Poison in Media

4 Ways We Pick Our Poison in Media

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· NFP

When it comes to books, movies and television, many of us have had our guilty pleasures at one time or…
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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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