What are you grateful for today? Share . . .
As I sat patiently waiting for the meeting to begin, a friend who knows both my children asked, “Which one is your favorite? I mean, I know I’m my mom’s favorite, but every parent has a favorite, right?” His question didn’t surprise me because my children have asked it too. It usually comes after a […]
It’s amazing the difference a day, or a few days for that matter, can make in my skewed perception. “I’m not happy.” I said sternly before we put the kids to bed. I said it to him, to myself, and it was about how I was feeling in that moment, not an assessment of my […]
There are many days in my married life where I don’t share a single genuine or meaningful thought with the man I am married to. Most of those days are the days we are “grinding”. The days that we go to work filled with what the world expects from us and prepared to deliver. And […]
Dear Friends, of all the things I hoped and wished for in my life, simple was not on my list. As a young girl I wanted a loving life where I felt seen and heard. As a teenager I wanted a fun-filled life filled with excitement and adventure. As a twenty something I wanted an […]
My friends, I am starting to see hope and feel gratitude after my father’s death. See, I have made many mistakes in my life, however, choosing to spend the rest of my life with the man I call my husband is not one of them. As time moves over the wound of losing my father, […]
My friends, it was a cold and windy morning on the 29th of January when my children said goodbye to their Poppy. It had only been 4 short months since he sat at their soccer games cheering from the sidelines. 5 months since he sat in church watching his grandson receive the sacrament of eucharist. […]
To all my girlfriends raising daughters ~ People say she is an old soul. They comment about her using words like remarkable, amazing, and self-assured. I’ve always said, “She just came to us like that.” As if, in some sweet offhanded way, we barely noticed her emotional maturity at the age of 10. The truth […]