Fasting and Adding In my previous post I talked a lot about fasting from food. Giving something up for the Lent season is another way of fasting. Here are a few…
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Derek sent me an article the other day. The title read, “Moms of 3 Are More Stressed Than Those with Any Other Number of Children.” Checks out. I replied. Full transparency,…
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During the last 14 years, I have fought hard to forgive Landon’s biological father. It’s been a long road. This week Landon wrote an an autobiography for school, and I was…
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Growing up our house was all about Santa at Christmas. And it was magical. Truly. We did go to Mass on Christmas Eve, and we always had a beautiful nativity. Jesus…
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Traditions and “Dream Lists” are my favorite. I told my husband, Derek, once that I want our traditions to be something like a legacy for our children. I want our traditions…
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With every holiday there are traditions that I look forward to. Traditions I really enjoy, like halloween traditions. Then there are others that are a bit of a struggle for me. …
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October is “National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month”. This conversation is very close to my heart. It needs to be discussed. Too often women feel shame around their miscarriages, too…
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We decided to try a month without TV and movies. I literally pulled the TV off the wall and stuck it in the basement to gather dust. And we decided to…
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Most of my life I’d been on the inside. I’d always had a core group of church friends, and I could also call people from pretty much every clique a friend…
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Pregnancy is a miraculous time in a woman’s life. A time when you are literally “one” with your child, and life is beautiful. Our bodies are amazing, ladies! We can grow…