During a recent radio interview with EWTN’s Sonrise Morning Show, we discussed how body image plays a role in keeping women from embracing pregnancy and becoming mothers. Our culture definitely perpetuates the whole I-don’t-want-to-do-that-to-my-body – “that” being pregnancy, otherwise known as granting your stomach and bum their very own zip codes and saying sayonara toRead the whole post >>
I need me some rose-colored glasses
The kids and I met my mom for lunch the other day. My 5-year-old was still noshing on her macaroni and cheese (she’s a very mindful and subsequently ssslllloooowwww eater), but Thomas the Todzilla (my name for our super-cute but super-destructive toddler) was getting antsy, so I took him and my 4-year-old outside. They wereRead the whole post >>
Hold fast to hope, hold fast to your family
Yesterday my three oldest children found me slumped over sitting on my bed silently weeping. When they skipped in with baby brother scooting along behind them, I tried to sweep the tears away, but they know a sad mama when they see one. “Mommy, what’s wrong?” my oldest asked. “You’re crying,” my 5-year-old said. “WhyRead the whole post >>
Comic relief and hope in a “haze of TMI”
My kids have sensed that something big that is outside of them and outside of our home is going on right now. Not only is Mommy suddenly spending more time online again (tsk, tsk), but she and Daddy, she and the babysitter, she and her Gaba, she and her Nana, she and her brother, sheRead the whole post >>
SHINE!
A draft of this post may have popped up in your inbox if you subscribe via email or in your reader, but it was a glitch. This is the real thing. Sorry about that! A beautiful, ambitious friend of mine started an amazing online ministry called SHINE Girls that encourages women to savor the WordRead the whole post >>