My friend Emily shared this beautiful prayer during a small group session at a recent Domestic Church marriage retreat that Michael and I facilitated, and it has become my new favorite prayer. I hope that it blesses some of you as much as it has me. Litany of Trust Written by Sr. Faustina Maria ... Read More about My favorite prayer right now: The Litany of Trust
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When you realize you didn’t marry Jesus
On our Domestic Church family retreat this summer, I had an important realization during a morning couple prayer time in front of the Blessed Sacrament. One of the exercises for the couple prayer time was to pray individually for a few minutes about something we needed to forgive our spouses for, ... Read More about When you realize you didn’t marry Jesus
My sanity savers right now
It's 7:30am on a Saturday morning. I've somehow managed to sneak off to a coffee shop for a few hours today, after some good-natured negotiating with my husband on our weekend activities. Realistically, that is where I am with writing these days: stolen little bits of time every couple of months or ... Read More about My sanity savers right now
Sometimes going big is going home
Earlier this summer, I spent a couple happy weeks imagining my three oldest children all dressed up in little shin guards and cleats, dribbling easily past defenders on a fall Saturday morning. Just like their mom used to as a kid. Fall soccer signups were fast approaching. A friend of mine and I ... Read More about Sometimes going big is going home
The golden years are fast and slow
My parish has some of the sweetest older ladies in the world. Rarely does a Sunday mass go by without one or two of them walking up to Michael and me to tell us what a beautiful family we have, what a great job we're doing (no matter how awful the kids behaved in mass), and that we will one day miss ... Read More about The golden years are fast and slow
Different gifts
Why are we mothers tempted to dwell so much on the gifts we either can't or don't give to our children? I've struggled for years with this. I've listened to many mothers of all ages worry about what they can't, don't, or didn't give their children. Here are some gifts that I can't or don't ... Read More about Different gifts
Three Things That (Finally) Made Morning Prayer a Habit for Me
I've spent most of my adult life as a Christian having "morning prayer time" as a "that'd be really nice' kind of goal, but it was a goal that always felt like a dream that I'd get to...someday. I'll start that when that baby sleeps through the night. I'll start when things aren't so stressful. I'll ... Read More about Three Things That (Finally) Made Morning Prayer a Habit for Me
Waiting on my playset, and learning how to pray
Right around this day two years ago, Michael and I walked into our monthly Domestic Church circle meeting at the home of some close friends in the circle, the Romeros. We came in the back door, and everyone was chatting about the big new playset that the Humble Handyman (my hubby) had just recently ... Read More about Waiting on my playset, and learning how to pray
Slowing down
I've probably come back to this post in my drafts seven or eight times now. There's so much I want to say, but probably don't need to say. There's so much I want explain about this season of my life right now, but could never do justice to in a blog post. I've discerned clearly over the past ... Read More about Slowing down