For the past few years my dad prayed the rosary daily during Lent and saw it as a time to not give up something, but to give more of ourselves. It is a time to be more aware and intentional with our actions and our prayer. In honor of my dad this Lenten season, I’ll Continue reading

It’s been a long year. It’s been just over a year since I finished graduate school, I should be settled into a good job, paying off a new car, and saving for an epic vacation. COVID-19 threw a wrench in my plans…along with the plans of every other adult in the world. I am busy Continue reading

Over the month of November the girls and I are going to add a little something to our gratitude jar daily— something we are thankful for small or large—to help us regain focus on what is important as we enter the the advent season. This time of year is always hard on me as I Continue reading

“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” Saint Francis of Assisi This week I will use fewer words and more actions to live my faith. This week I will love out loud, show kindness in quiet, and practice humility. This week I will preach the Gospel with as few words as Continue reading

“God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.” C.S. Lewis I’ve been thinking a lot over the last little while about how we live in both pain and gratitude. Pain, grief, worry, heartache and incompleteness live alongside faith, love, Continue reading