A dear friend of mine has been struggling with one of her kiddos. We will call her Clair. Much to her dismay, her son seems to have desire to follow the most dismal of characters and pathetic leaders, who make the worst choices. He falls into negative cycles and patterns and has minimal desire or willpower to pull himself out…. Read More
A Time to Sing
I adore singing! Belting it out when the music begins during mass and when the mood strikes me in the car, I feel a release inside of me as the words leap from my mouth. The melody soothes my soul. Sadly, my kids prefer I not sing. My impaired hearing causes my tone to be off, leaving something to be… Read More
#haveboundaries&prayforher
Last month I spent some time away with one of my dear friends. As were we talking, hashing out life, she shared a life struggle she was having with a family member as the holiday season approached. There was a great disparity between this family member’s expectations and desires and my friend’s. Add in the rude undertone projected from the… Read More
The Most Perfect Gift
My friends are my heartstrings. We live life together and share our innermost thoughts and longings. Experiencing the daily rigor and joys of life, we feel each other’s deepest needs and desires. From this connectedness, we have pure, good, and right desires for each other, for our friends, prayers that the Lord plants in the deepest most delicate part of… Read More
A Wounded Warrior for Christ: My Battle with Infertility
“It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.” John 15:16. This is a verse that pained me ever so deeply as I waded through my daily battle with infertility. It weighed… Read More
Uncovering the Truth about Joy Junkies
Recently, as I entered a meeting with a few ladies, one of the women mentioned she had been discussing the virtue of joy with her husband and they had attempted to name all the truly joyful people they knew. Sadly, she explained that they were only able to identify three “Joy Junkies” of hundreds, if not thousands, of people they… Read More
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