Encouragement for Moms

You don’t want to miss this!

{If you also subscribe to my newsletter, I apologize that this will be a repeat!} The Catholic Moms Summit is going strong and has brought together tens of thousands of moms from all over the world for the biggest gathering of its kind EVER. It’s been an amazing experience so far! If you haven’t registeredRead the whole post >>

Let’s talk about anxiety and depression

Do I have your attention now? I frequently find random videos and images created by some quirky kid on my camera roll. This one cracked me up because there’s still a limit on how much TP we can pick up at our local grocery store, and what’s crazy to me is some single college kidRead the whole post >>

We need one another

A few weeks ago I was climbing into my car to go pick up groceries when I saw a dog, tongue happily lolling out of its mouth, sprinting across a patch of grass in front of me. Not far behind the gleeful pup were two, equally gleeful PJ-clad toddlers scampering in the wake of theRead 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 >>

What I’ve learned about friendship over the years

As I’ve been traveling through “True Friend,” the latest Take Up & Read scripture study, I’ve been thinking a lot about how my views of friendship have changed throughout my life. I have a few scant memories of my earliest neighborhood friends in McHenry, Illinois – a wispy, freckled girl named Chelsea as well asRead the whole post >>