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December 2018

December 02, 2018
Fluffy Christianity gives me the creeps. I sometimes wonder how people can just pretend that...

October 2018

October 26, 2018
  The other day I received a rejection letter from a major book publisher for...
October 23, 2018
It's 2018 and all around us, we hear about how we are free to make...

September 2018

September 06, 2018
  Yesterday I wrote on my website about life eighteen months after losing my oldest...

August 2018

August 29, 2018
I was taught that only God can bring good out of evil. Not that he...
August 27, 2018
Maybe some of you know but maybe some of you don't know that I had...
August 21, 2018
I have so many thoughts and replies and opinions swirling in my head about the latest...
August 20, 2018
Along with most American Catholics, I am in shock, anger and pain over the things...

July 2018

July 30, 2018
The day that my oldest son took his own life was the day that my...

June 2018

June 11, 2018
Below is the homily from my son Anthony's funeral Mass. In case you don't know,...
June 08, 2018
First, if you are suffering from depression or suicidal thoughts, seek help. Go to a...
June 04, 2018
I feel as if my entire life has been spent watching other people be happy...

May 2018

May 25, 2018
  First, let me begin this with the fact that I am not a theologian...

April 2018

April 28, 2018
  The other day I was talking to my husband about how if Anthony were...
April 18, 2018
  I was pro-choice before becoming Catholic even though I would have said that I...
April 10, 2018
The definition of Exhortation is "communication encouraging someone to do something." Keep this in mind as...
April 03, 2018
  On Good Friday I went to Stations of the Cross at my parish. It...

March 2018

March 28, 2018
This morning I woke up to the news that a little boy who has been...
March 27, 2018
  Earlier this week I considered writing up something about how to grieve during Holy...
March 16, 2018
Right now, I am sitting at the 1-year mark of the day between my birthday...
March 02, 2018
  The other evening my husband and I were driving to the grocery store as...

February 2018

February 26, 2018
As many of you who are regular readers of mine know, March 8th will be...
February 15, 2018
  A few weeks ago I was thinking about how I was going to keep...

January 2018

January 22, 2018
I am twelve days away from going through hell. It will be one year since...

December 2017

December 22, 2017
On Wednesday March 8th at 1:51 my oldest son called me to ask if he...
December 20, 2017
  Reviewing this book is a bit difficult because I am pretty bias. I love...
December 11, 2017
  If you are like me, this short Advent doesn't seem like it is enough...

November 2017

November 29, 2017
Mourning is something that is avoided at every cost. Part of it is our brain...
November 02, 2017
When I walked around the cemetery in Rome and came across this headstone I thought...

October 2017

October 24, 2017
I have had a lot of people tell me that my faith in the aftermath...
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