October is the Month of the Rosary. I’ve never had the best relationship with our Mother Mary. I’ve never known how to pray to her or what to say. What can she help me with? Is she someone who can answer my prayers? Why would I pray to her if I can just pray to […]
Trust. Firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. I’ve never had to trust a group of people as much as I did when my babies were staying in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). All three of my kids were in the NICU after birth for different reasons and […]
Imagine. Two pictures. One is a person alone sitting in a chair, elbows on a table with their hands clasped together praying. Their forehead bowed down touching their praying hands. The other picture has that same person in the same position. Only this time, Jesus is sitting on the other side of the table with […]
This summer was completely different from the last one. Because of the pandemic, we were very limited to what we could do last summer. It was hard because it was potentially going to be the first summer where I felt comfortable doing things with the kids. Of course, we couldn’t do anything last year. That’s […]
My Fighter Daniel, You truly are the strongest boy I know. You just turned 5 years old last week, but the amount of surgeries, challenges, and struggles you’ve gone through makes you braver than most people. You were born with a syndrome that affects a lot of your body parts, hence all the procedures you’ve […]
I used to think the number of years Steve and I dated was way too long. We were together for four years before we got married, and we were out of college for half that time. I didn’t understand what was taking so long, because I knew for a long time I wanted to marry […]
Dear Kate, What a crazy 6 years it’s been. I bet you never thought you’d go through any of this. Or that you’d have kids that would have so many challenges. I’m sure you didn’t anticipate how hard this was going to be. Just so you know, it’s OK for you to say that. It’s […]
I went on a women’s retreat last year with moms who absolutely adored motherhood. They talked about how they were best friends with their kids and loved being a mom. I was jealous of these women. It made me sad that I’ve never truly enjoyed being a mom. I really want to, but it’s hard. […]
What kind of dad is my husband? He’s the kind of dad who comforts his son after a meltdown. He’s the kind of dad that gets down on the floor to play with his daughter after a long day at work. He’s the kind of dad who fixes his son’s toys when they break over […]
Our house is dead silent. It’s the middle of the day and everyone is sleeping. Not just because it’s nap time, but because our entire family has to decompress from what just happened. The hour-long meltdown that just occurred on the drive home. This always happens. We can’t go anywhere anymore without a meltdown on […]