A dear friend of mine died from ovarian cancer a few years ago. I remember her telling me how she had felt tremendous guilt about not completing numerous tasks in her life. Yet, at the end of her time on earth, she had obtained a bit of wisdom. All the seemingly unfinished business and plans she had worked on in… Read More

About four years ago, I began working on a book about my personal journey and our family’s adoption stories. I intended to write, edit, and publish the book in one short year. Understanding my season of life and my tendency toward perfectionism, my spiritual guide cautioned me that my tiny timeline was overly ambitious. Pridefully, I pushed forward, confident I… Read More

Last month, my husband and I had to make the heart-retching decision to take my daughter to a residential treatment facility for substance abuse disorder. She has been battling with the disease for some time. After discerning which treatment program would best suite her needs and providing necessary information, we had been awaiting a call confirming her admittance to our… Read More

Our day to day had been a whirlwind, with chaos swirling in the air, we had been trying to troubleshoot and problem-solve as we carried out our everyday duties and responsibilities. “Breath,” I had been reminding myself. There just didn’t seem to be enough time or air. Feeding myself with Mass, Adoration, and Confession I had attempted to nourish my… Read More

A few years ago, at Mass, the priest threw out questions for us to chew on. “What’s your god? What pulls you from focusing on the Lord and all that He asks of you? What do you think about in the middle of Mass or when you are stressed?” he proposed. Immediately, my mind went to running. It consumed my… Read More

“Remember to keep holy the sabbath day. Six days you may labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD, your God… In six days the LORD made the heavens and earth, the sea and all that is in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the Lord blessed… Read More