I’d like to write about a topic that’s a bit sensitive but I know other moms might benefit from: Anxiety in Motherhood. I have personally experienced mild to severe chronic anxiety throughout all my mothering years (4 kids and 12+ years). Yet, even while I’m about to share ways to prevent and deal with it, […]
It’s Friday and I was actually able to come up with 7 things to share for 7 Quick Takes Friday hosted by Kelly so here you go. 1. New Master Bathroom Sink Faucets! We’ve been in our house for almost eight years now and we’re still slowly working on getting all the ugly brass/gold fixtures out. […]
This Holy Week, we remembered the sorrow and the pain Christ endured for us as he accepted his Cross, carried it, was nailed to it, and died hanging from it. I can imagine the anguish his Mother Mary and those who loved him felt as they watched him suffer, as they watched him die, as […]
Earlier this week, for Holy Week, I shared a few thoughts on Uniting our Suffering with Christ’s and Why We Suffer and How to Respond. As I concluded, what I’ve come to learn about suffering is that I may never understand why God allows us to suffer but I do know we have control over how […]
A couple weeks ago, I picked a friend up to drive her out to a mini retreat we were both going to for the day with a group of wonderful women from our parish. My friend (I’ll call her Jane) can’t drive anymore because just a few months ago she became suddenly very ill and […]