Faith Inspiration

Hearing God’s Voice

The other day I was in the bathroom trying to – surprise! – use the bathroom with some semblance of privacy. This is just one of the things you take for granted before becoming a mom of little ones. First, the baby crawled over to me and pulled up on my legs. “Gaga. Dada. Ba-ba-baaaaaa,”Read the whole post >>

Thank You!

I can’t possibly begin to personally thank all of the men and women who have reached out, shown their support of my InsideCatholic article, and given me a cyber pat on the back. Your emails, blog posts, phone calls, kindness, and prayers have meant a great deal to me. Thank you. I do want toRead the whole post >>

One of Those Days

You know you’re having one of those days when: You wake up at 2 AMish to hear the sound of your husband dry heaving in the bathroom, sick with the virulent virus you thought had miraculously bypassed your house for the first time in three years. After putting a damp washcloth on your dearly pathetic…errr…Read the whole post >>

Worth Repeating

My dad was recently waiting for my mom to get her blood drawn when a woman sat down beside him and asked, “How long’s the wait?” “I’m not sure, but we’ve been here awhile,” he told her. “Well, I don’t think I’m going to wait. I just got some really bad news. I have pancreaticRead the whole post >>

A Day to Live

For years now I’ve kept a news clipping wedged in the pages of an old scrapbook as a reminder of my mortality. The headline reads: School in mourning for girl killed in crash. Beneath the headline is a picture of a blonde beauty at the cusp of becoming a woman. Her name was Shauna Casteen.Read the whole post >>