How I have finally experienced inner peace. Photo by Nitish Meena on Unsplash It's taken me a few tries to write this post. I will be vulnerable, which is always a bit scary. But I have been thinking other women may have similar struggles and so I thought I'd share my own journey …
Why we do marriage preparation the way we do. So here's the deal about marriage: it's really hard. Even when all the stars are aligned in your favor, it's still hard. Even if you marry your 10/10, you adore each other's families, you share the same faith and culture, your …
Happy New Year! I can't believe it's been exactly one year since I last blogged. Life must have been crazy. It's definitely been an emotionally challenging year, the reasons which I hope to share one day, once the dust has settled (does it ever settle in family life?). It has …
Photo by Seth Reese on Unsplash As some of you know, my husband and I have been involved in teaching Marriage Preparation courses for almost as long as we've been married. At first we assisted a leader couple by giving the talks on sexuality, and after a number of years we felt …
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash When I was younger, I used to have mixed feelings about therapy. Growing up, there was certainly a stigma and even skepticism surrounding mental health, with psychology and psychiatry considered the "soft" sciences. Basically, the way out …
This fall, hubby and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. Boy did that happen fast. Blink and your eyebrows sprout white hairs. Twenty years is a good time as any to take stock of our life together. So far, we've lived through 4 house moves, 5 babies on earth, 2 in heaven, …
Whenever life gets a little crazy and stressful, and even when it isn't, my escapist pastime is to read. During the pandemic I read a lot a lot a lot. There were definitely perks to being very pregnant and having nowhere to go. But even now that we're in the full swing of life …
"Greetings in God, dearly beloved husband!" "Greetings in God, most beloved wife and mother!" The blessed couple on their wedding day in 1936. Source: Styria Verlag/Denver Catholic Have you heard of the 2019 movie A Hidden Life? Written and directed by Terrence Malick, it tells …
Photo by Matt Botsford on Unsplash Hello world! Boy oh boy has it been a terribly long time since I've been here. I've missed you, dear blog. So what have I been up to in the last three years? Let's see, for starters, I had a baby! Sweet baby #5 was born right smack in the …
What's better than reading? Reading with a latte and a pastry or two. Photo by Jordan Christian on Unsplash Reading is my passion and my comfort. Especially in these times of anxiety and uncertainty, I love to escape with a good book. If you, like me, are always looking for the …