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My favorite prayer right now: The Litany of Trust

My favorite prayer right now: The Litany of Trust

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

My friend Emily shared this beautiful prayer during a small group session at a recent Domestic Church marriage retreat that…
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It’s a dog-gone wonderful life

It’s a dog-gone wonderful life

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

My life is wonderful. But it’s also lots of work. Good work. Hard work. Heart work. This weekend, I gave…
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I need my kids to help me, and they know it

I need my kids to help me, and they know it

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

I was having one of those teary breakdown moments with my husband one night earlier this year. I was sobbing…
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Homeschooling lessons, year two

Homeschooling lessons, year two

Homeschooling· Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

Homeschooling has been more of a gamechanger for me this year than I thought it would be. I think you…
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The golden years are fast and slow

The golden years are fast and slow

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

My parish has some of the sweetest older ladies in the world. Rarely does a Sunday mass go by without…
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Three Things That (Finally) Made Morning Prayer a Habit for Me

Three Things That (Finally) Made Morning Prayer a Habit for Me

Domestic Church· Homeschooling· Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

I’ve spent most of my adult life as a Christian having “morning prayer time” as a “that’d be really nice’…
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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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