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 | Sep 5, 2024 | Family Life, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
A blessing baby shower can be a great activity to host for a mother expecting subsequent children and offer her support. When a family no longer needs car seats, cribs, strollers, etc. the best way to support them is through prayer. A “blessing shower” involves...
by Michelle C. Martin | Sep 3, 2024 | Family Life, Marriage, Parenting, Prayer, Society, Spirituality
This one is for dads: you won’t bear the cross, but you will help carry it as a beloved companion. A beloved companion is a great characteristic of a Godly husband. Many of my friends are preparing for their first babies, and the men often ask how they should take...
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...
