“I wish I could be that mom that bakes cookies. Your house always smells like cookies, and you just seem so happy.”
As I received this compliment, I was a ... Read More ...
My baby died, seven or so weeks after his conception, I can’t quite remember how many weeks exactly. I know I could dig up the exact number if I looked through... Read More ...
Athletes like runners, cyclists, and swimmers recognize that having the right outfit enables them to perform at optimal levels. As an average jogger, I know th... Read More ...
A Review of Sunday Will Never Be the Same by Dawn Eden Goldstein (Catholic Answers Press, 2019, 255pp)
In this age of truncated attention spans, it’s easier... Read More ...
May is Anencephaly Awareness Month. In our family, we are now intimately aware of anencephaly, but we weren’t always.
I had heard of anencephaly, but this s... Read More ...
Léonie Martin is arguably the least known and admired member of her entire family, but I doubt she minds. She’s used to being in that position.
Her sister ... Read More ...
I’ll never forget the words during the homily of my wedding Mass. Father Kopil opened the homily, “’For better or worse’ isn’t really tested until little kids ... Read More ...
Goodwill has saved my sanity. The store, that is (though a giant heaping of the lowercase version would do similar wonders for my mental health I’m sure). With... Read More ...
Do you ever feel like your life is a little bit like being on a hamster wheel? Each morning, you hop on the wheel and rush through your day only to feel exhaus... Read More ...
I did not know myself to be frustration-intolerant until I was middle-aged. It wasn’t just the wisdom of more birthdays that made my diagnosis clear. It was al... Read More ...
Time. It is a blessing and a curse. Though we all have the same amount of hours on any given day, as a single woman I have more time for myself, less external ... Read More ...
God loves me. I do usually manage to believe that; it’s about the most basic tenet of the faith. Wonderful as that is, though, it’s not enough for me.
I was... Read More ...
