Fumbling Toward Grace
Today I am grateful for the abundance of the Earth, for the goodness of God’s care for us. For raspberries that are the epitome of “local food” — picked from a bush in our yard, and still warm from the sun. Read more
Today I am grateful for the abundance of the Earth, for the goodness of God’s care for us. For raspberries that are the epitome of “local food” — picked from a bush in our yard, and still warm from the sun. Read more
Head over to Conversion Diary for more quick-takes! ** 1 ** Chicago was fun, though we didn’t get to see everyone we wanted to, and it rained most of the weekend. But, I did get to go to the HUGE Gap on Michigan Ave. that has a whole maternity section! Though I’m still in that stage where it looks like I had five too many burritos for lunch, rather than being pregnant, I was able to get a long-sleeve wrap... Read more
was the day, many years ago (ok, not that many, but enough!). A woman was due any day now, and started labor. After many hours and an emergency c-section, and new life came into the world! That sweet little baby, full of joy and always loving to be near people, has grown up to become the person nearest to my heart, and the person whose salvation is intimately tied to my own. That’s right! Today is the birthday of my... Read more
That’s the mantra of every effective and productive movement in human history, right? Seems like Danielle Bean is on to something over at National Catholic Register regarding the recently vetoed Florida law that would require any pregnant woman to have an ultrasound before deciding to have an abortion. It seems many pro-choice people are nervous about women having ultrasounds before abortions. Is it because they in any way threaten the health of the woman having one? Nope. Mary Elizabeth Williams,... Read more
This post is a little late in coming. I originally heard this anecdote during the homily on Corpus Christi Sunday a few weeks ago. I had some thoughts about it then, but I got distracted (otherwise known as so tired I can’t seem to stay awake long enough to write a blog post), and it kept getting put off. But I keep thinking about it, so I want to share. The priest at Mass on the feast of the Body... Read more
Chicago that is! No quick-takes today ladies! This weekend Atticus and I are headed up to Chicago to celebrate his birthday (a few days early!) and see some friends in the city. I have to say, if you’ve never used hotwire.com to book a hotel, you just have to give it a try! We are staying at a four-star hotel downtown and paying a fraction of the price. 😉 For any Top Chef fans out there, we will be having... Read more
Friends, I’ve been meaning to write a really great, insightful post about being pregnant, and the experience thus far. However, every time I start to write about it, I draw a blank. Before we conceived, I thought “Whenever I get pregnant, I’m going to just be reflecting on it constantly, and on God’s goodness.” Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s not as though I’m NOT reflecting on being pregnant, or on God’s goodness. It’s just that, other than the physical... Read more
For more quick takes, visit Jen at Conversion Diary! I’m going to use my QT’s this week to talk about finding out we were pregnant, and what’s been going on since then! ** 1 ** I took a test the day I was supposed to get my period. Just for kicks. Even though I knew I ovulated, and I knew it was possible I had conceived, I still didn’t *think* I’d be pregnant. I thought, “We’re going to Rome. Just... Read more
On January 3, 2009 I married my best friend and dear, dear love. We were united as one in the sacrament of matrimony and began our life in Christ together! What an exciting and beautiful winter day it was! On January 3, 2010, our first wedding anniversary, we spent the day traveling back to our house from visiting my family in Pennsylvania. We ate some leftover wedding cake (do other people do this?), and just relaxed together. Our big celebration... Read more
Ladies, I don’t know about you all, but summer seems to have arrived in the Mid-west. The temperatures have been going up, up, up. Along with rising temperatures and sweet summertime, swim season is upon us as well. Now, for those of us who are serious about making modesty an important part of life, the thought of swimsuit season is enough to make one itchy. I mean, we all know the song, right — about the “itsy-bitsy-teeny-weeny-yellow-polka-dot-bikini”and the young woman... Read more
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