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Since I’m traveling this weekend, with some of my very best friends, on a trip to meet new friends, this scripture was very apropros. A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.—Proverbs 18:24 I’m here with my best friends Laura and Angie. I’ve known […]
Abby and Adam Today, 15 years ago, I welcomed my first daughter into the world, with open arms. Once we made it through the initial few months of breastfeeding and adjusting to being a working momma, she was an easy, laid back toddler. (nothing like Rachel!) She didn’t walk until after her first birthday — […]
No, it’s not Sunday, but it’s one of the most important days in our Catholic calendar: Ash Wednesday.As I’ve grown older, and hopefully more mature, this day means so much more to me than ‘What are you giving up for Lent?” Instead of forgoing chocolate, or Cokes, I like to use Lent as a time […]
You knew it was coming …… on Valentine’s Day, how could I NOT discuss anything else?? Matthew 19:4 – 6He answered and said, “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female’, and said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and […]
I talk often of how I feel I’ve been called to be a wife and mother — for the most part, I embrace it whole heartedly. Sometimes, however, I get discouraged by the mundane tasks of marriage and motherhood. I need to ‘keep it simple’, and remember that imitating Christ begins at home. Matthew 25:34-40Then […]