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Late Night Musings
Taken from my journal: sometimes my thoughts feel so removed and complex from the world around me that I feel burdened to share them.. i don’t want to have to explain a life long back story to be understood. even on paper they lack the nuance and depth of what i’m really thinking – i […]
Epiphany of the Lord
For Catholics (and a few other Christian traditions), Christmas isn’t over on Christmas day. We continue to celebrate for 12 days after, until the 6th of January, which is the Epiphany of the Lord, the celebration of the visit of the Magi to baby Jesus, as told in Matthew 2:1-12. (In the West, we celebrate […]
Christian Foundation for Children and Aging (CFCA)
I want to introduce you to an organization I support, called the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging. CFCA is a child, youth, and aging adult sponsorship organization. I personally like CFCA because I believe in their community work; I like their family approach; and because CFCA is Catholic and I am also Catholic, I […]
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A Real Pregnancy Moment
At 28 weeks pregnant, I wouldn’t have imagined not feeling pregnant. Struggling with sickness more than the first half of the pregnancy, being weak-and-exhausted-and-barely-functioning, a growing tummy, I certainly felt physically uncomfortable. But the joy? The realization? It was missing. After trying to get pregnant since I got married, you would think I would be […]
A Problem Calls for Expression
I stumbled upon this quote from a friend’s blog, I haven’t read this book (yet, but now I would like to) but I wanted to share it with you. I have some thoughts about it, but I don’t think I can put them into words yet – mostly revolve around the concept of joy and […]
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Ramblings on Catholic Life
In 2009, my husband and I entered the Catholic Church. It’s been a really interesting (amazing, bittersweet, odd at times) journey. I was raised Baptist, and attended a variety of evangelical churches in high school and college. I even went to an evangelical college. And these experiences are an important part of my life, but […]
