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Motherhood

If you’re here just for the pictures…

If you’re here just for the pictures…

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

Cute in her hat! Hanging out with Faux Pa.  A Sunday afternoon with John Paul, who is four days older…
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Strawberry patch kids

Strawberry patch kids

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

On Friday, I took the kids on our first trip to a real farm to pick strawberries. We had a…
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First bite of food

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

Faith is 5 1/2 months (ish). I think she still much prefers milk at this point. Thoughts? 

Just enough grace for the step I’m on

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

My friend Trey called me on Gabriel’s 2nd birthday a couple of weeks ago and wished me a happy birthday–for my…
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From Gabriel’s godfather:)

From Gabriel’s godfather:)

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

Adam Trufant, Gabriel’s godfather, emailed us this poem for Gabriel from Thailand, where he has been traveling this fall. I…
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Confessions of a former mommy know-it-all

Humble Handmaid· Interior Life· Motherhood

Lately, I’ve been looking back on my not-married-no-kids self, my married-no-kids self, and my married-one-kid self. And I alternately have…
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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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