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Erin Franco

Motherhood

When you got nothin’

When you got nothin’

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

  I had another of those moments in parenting recently when I said to myself, I got nothin’.    The day…
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If you saw how I really am…

If you saw how I really am…

Humble Handmaid· Motherhood

I try not to think about other people being a fly on the wall in my home. It’s the kind…
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A Coffee Talk for the Little Years

A Coffee Talk for the Little Years

Interior Life· Motherhood· NFP

y. In general the first few years of marriage and motherhood, wherever you are, can be incredibly difficult. Many times,…
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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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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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