Recently, Delphine Ang, a passionate Catholic mother in the Philippines, reached out to me about joining a global prayer challenge for moms. We had the opportunity to Zoom and chat about our own mothering journeys as well as our prayer lives. Here we were – two different moms oceans apart with unique mothering challenges; yet, we discoveredRead the whole post >>
A Coronavirus PSA
Image Credit: Grateful Rebekah Quote credit: Simcha Fisher Consider this a friendly but firm PSA, but please start taking the coronavirus and its implications seriously. As Americans, we love our freedom. Yet, as Christians, we know that freedom (free will) can lead to stupid decisions. My husband is a doctor. A few weeks ago heRead the whole post >>
In defense of “just” being a mom
{For those of you who follow me on Facebook and/or Instagram, you may have already read a version of this post, but I thought it was worth posting over here for my faithful blog remnant.} A few weeks ago, I shared some thoughts about motherhood over on Instagram in response to an influx of Read the whole post >>
Objects in mirror are more beautiful than they think they appear
I’ve been intentionally not spending as much time over on Instagram lately. Why? Because even though I’ve done my best to purge my feed of any accounts or posts that promote diet culture, the message that you’ll be happier if you’re fitter, thinner, occupying a smaller and/or more sculpted and lean body, and/or eating clean,Read the whole post >>
Running my own race
I’ll never forget the first time I ran six consecutive miles. I was 14 and I’d been running a three-mile loop all summerlong, several times a week. One morning I headed out to the park across my street, and I broke into a run. The sky was a steely grey and before long sheets ofRead the whole post >>