One of the things that has surprised me about adulthood is how certain familiar details are comforting. Who knew all those adult freedoms we envy as kids come with this desire to be reunited with some of the truths of life that were so prevalent in childhood? As summer started this year I found such … More Summer Does Not Disappoint
Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time: “And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.”Matthew 13:52 This week’s gospel is a parable that shares the value of Heaven & how it is … More Sunday Reflection: July 30, 2023
Dear Danny, 13 years ago on this date we said “I do” and I can say with absolute certainty I didn’t picture celebrating this date in the future in the way life has gone at all. But the truth is, it is what Cystic Fibrosis does. A CF veteran mom told me once “they just … More July 17, 2023: 13 Years
Recently I posed a question to myself: “why are the exact things that used to propel me forward or motivate me to keep going the very things that are destroying me?” If you can’t tell raw honesty was what I was looking for in this reflective moment. I am not destroyed, but that is what … More Pivot to the Truth
Dear Shannon, Potty training. You have been doing this pretty good since before Christmas. But our life is very full, we are on the road a lot, I have a ton of my own stuff around germs, mixed with the advice I chose to follow: “don’t bother until 3”- so we waited. But over the … More Dear Shannon, No But Thank You for Asking
When I started to learn about bloggging a Mommy blogger talked about how she wanted so badly to have a place to write out her experiences as a mom right in this moment, because she wishes she could hear her mom’s voice from specific moments. Every family and every individual has a set of stories … More Mother’s Day 2023
Happy Feast Day for Our Lady of Fatima! We know God is into the details and I do not think there is any coincidence that today’s feast day falls on the day before Mother’s Day this year. Ya’ll we are in the trenches right now and mothers are being called to fight the battles. The … More The Final Battle will be for Marriage and the Family
It was the first Lenten Season and the first spring for 3 years that felt a sense of “this is normal”. The fresh smells, the signs of new life, and the dawn of days that would stretch longer into the evening didn’t come with pangs of hurtful memories. One of my favorite things in life … More Easter: The Win We Never Expected
“A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” John 4:7 Despite where life has led us – because of circumstances we caused, circumstances we were effected by do to others, or circumstances completely out of our control – Jesus understands what the reality of these circumstances truly … More Sunday Reflection: March 12, 2023
“And then I can get life back on track.” If there is a sentence I have said more often since 35, I would love to know it. This one-liner and its sentiments have been my perspective since fall 2019. In my memory there are distinct moments that I know I said this about health, relationships, … More 38
Have A Little Faith in We 