by Michelle C. Martin | Oct 8, 2024 | Family Life, Health, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
We don’t always get what we want, but God gives us what we need. Last October, I gave birth to my beautiful daughter. Just days before my girl’s first birthday, a wonderful friend who helped deliver her birthed her first baby. Seeing my daughter grow up, seeing my...
by Michelle C. Martin | Feb 15, 2024 | Family Life, Marriage Prep, Parenting, Society, Spirituality
I have seen a lot of posts on social media about women losing themselves when they become mothers. I recommend two things. (1) Get off social media. (2) Do it. Lose yourself in motherhood. In the last year, I’ve made a few new friends. We switched parishes when we...
by Michelle C. Martin | Aug 29, 2023 | Family Life, Parenting, Society, Spirituality
Motherhood is One of the Hardest Things Women Can Take On: Motherhood is difficult! The other day, I saw a terrible cartoon on Facebook. It was captioned “what every woman wants.” The panel depicted a man with a pregnant belly his wife was kissing. Then he was in the...
by Michelle C. Martin | Apr 25, 2023 | Family Life, Health, Parenting, Prayer, Spirituality
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...
by Michelle C. Martin | Mar 6, 2023 | Health, Parenting, Society, Spirituality
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...