“If you take care of things, they’ll take care of you.” My dad said this phrase a lot growing up. He, of course, wanted to teach his children responsibility. Dad wanted us to do simple things. Untie our shoes to avoid wearing them down when we put them on. Change the...
Whether you are engaged or already married, the conversation of practicing NFP will arise at some point. Receiving some certification of training in Natural Family Planning is a requirement to be married in the Catholic Church. But, the journey of practicing NFP looks...
“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny his very self, take up his cross, and follow me.” Taking up our crosses in life is inevitable. We work so hard to avoid it. Human instinct is to flee from hardship. It’s natural to seek remedy for discomfort....
Anxiety Induced Season of Life: Anxiety is the worst! In November of 2021 my anxiety was through the roof! In 2021 we had a very busy year! Joshua and I graduated in May, got married in June, I started graduate school in August and found out we were pregnant in...
Who Needs Counseling? Is counseling just for couples who are fighting, like the couple in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days? I recently watched this movie with a group of friends. If you’ve never seen it, it’s about a journalist who is writing an article about all the...
Anxiety Is Easy “Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in...
No one talks about the suffering you could endure during marriage. It’s not really a highlight when you are newly engaged. You already know that line in your consent—“for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.” You truly believe that...
This past Sunday at Mass, the deacon opened his homily with a familiar story. I had heard it many times: two babies are in the womb together, and one twin asks the other, “Do you think there is a life after this?” The other twin responds that he doesn’t understand why...
Does your house have dirty corners? In my apartment, there are certain places I just can’t bring myself to clean. The baseboards, for example. Or the muddy entrance hall. Or the awkward section of floor behind the toilet. Because I don’t want to touch these spaces,...
Recently I stumbled across a “suggested for you” page on Facebook. It was some obscure Mommy Blog site featuring a long poem about a young mother’s struggles. Specially, how hard her life was because her baby was a scream machine and her husband was a useless oaf....