Unconditional Love
We know that God’s love for us is unconditional. We humans tend to put conditions on our love- we love people who are lovable, who do something for us, or who we want to be loved by. In order to Read More
Top Three Parenting Books
Top Three Parenting Books Before I became a parent I was quite confident in my parenting abilities. I have worked with kids since I was a pre-teen. My jobs have mostly always revolved around children ranging in ages, ethnicities, socio-economic Read More
Having it All
I’m going to take a moment to call the kettle black. Since I was young, I’ve felt a passion for life. I want to experience all life has to offer and I have a serious fear of missing out. In Read More
Faith Story: High School Jubilee
My small town where I grew up was pretty idyllic in a lot of ways. My small parish too. It was a true community-people cared about each other, people welcomed each other and, of course, people fought and gossiped with Read More
Faith Story: Protestant Friends
Catholicism, even with all its bells and whistles, can be dry. Repeating the same words without thinking about them and going through the same motions has a risk of becoming just that: going through the motions. As a teenager, I Read More
Faith Story: Childhood
I am a “cradle Catholic.” A cute term meaning that from the time I was born the sights, smells, sounds, and feelings of Catholic life, which seem very foreign to anyone not surrounded by the strange Catholic “stuff” from the Read More
Slowing Down
One of the biggest themes of this past year that I’ve tried hard to learn is to: slow down, like actually, slow down. I’ve felt the need to slow down for years. In myself, I’ve felt the race to do Read More
Writing as Creating
I have kept a fairly consistent journal since the 3rd grade. Sometimes, writing can feel like a neuroses to me, or rather, I start to feel like I have some kind of neuroses if I have not gotten around to Read More