A Family Favorite When our oldest was just under a year old, my husband started experimenting with homemade Indian dishes. He spent a significant amount of time on a delicious homemade butter chicken meal. We all enjoyed the meal, but it wasn’t a whip it up quickly recipe. The next time he suggested he make it I was equally…
A Simple Solution Our little ones love meals with onion in them. Still, one of our kids but went through a phase of hating the sight of onion in food. The offending onion was in many family favorite meals: We could not let this phase dictate our family menu. Less Mealtime Tears I’ll be honest, I’m…
Yesterday’s mass readings paired with our priest’s homily served as a salve to some aches and anger I’ve been wrestling. It was a blessing and reassurance to hear him speak necessary truths from the pulpit. Our priest highlighted how our lived faith is about the sanctity of souls. Not our comfort.Not another’s comfort. The sanctity of souls.…
God’s Faithfulness and Unexpected ROIs When I started working in youth ministry in 2015, I met two incredible young women (among many incredible young people!). The summer I started working as their youth minister, one of those young women was a rising high school freshman. The other was a rising high school junior. I was…
Several weeks ago, we walked into the parish office. We continued down the hall to the chapel. There, we would attend our first weekday mass in our new city. I did not know what to expect. Incapable of whispering, the kids made observations and asked questions as we walked down the hall towards the chapel.…
Yesterday and Today Yesterday Yesterday was parenting bliss. At 8:15 PM, that was my report to my husband. No attitudes. Lots of laughter. We were productive, peaceful, and playful. This is a fun season of parenthood and maybe I’ll share my wisdom. Today Today was not parenting bliss. At 8:23 AM, today was already difficult.…
