I had a million questions for Jesus when my husband lost his job. “Are you friggin kidding me?!” “Why are you doing this to us?” “Don’t you see that we have a house, three kids, and I’m unemployed?”
Category: Catholic Family
Seeing the Gift
This smiling young man in his First Communion suit turns twenty-one today. Eighteen of those years he and his sister Sarah spent with us, fifteen of them as “official family” since we adopted them in 2005. Like many children with hard pasts, they were a handful. More than once I wondered if God was granting my exasperated mother’s wish, “One day may the Lord give you a child. Just. Like. You.”
You Have Ears; Use Them.
Hearing implies listening. A simple concept but a difficult application. There is so much white noise in and around us, but it’s not the soothing, white noise that helps us to relax and puts us to sleep.
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This Fall May be a Season of Pruning and That’s Okay
Finding balance in our busy lives is hard. This year, my aspirations of autumn “me time” in a quiet café with a pumpkin spice latte are cooling off faster than my re-microwaved home brew. Here are some ideas to reclibrate and practice holy pruning. It's all about your vocation.
On Becoming a College Mom
College move-in and what it revealed to me about my changing role as mother to a young adult.