God, guano, and goals School tuition? Bat guano. Family vacation? Bat guano. PGA golfer? Bat guano. NBA All Star contest? Bat guano. My husband and I recently attended a presentation at our parish about an upcoming capital campaign. Knowing the true needs of our parish would not be flashy or all that “fun,” my husband and I joked about…
There is nothing more fun than 9 AM on Friday morning when we are loaded in the van with lunches packed and on our way to a fun playdate when Mom says… “No one is allowed to speak for the entire next song. I am feeling overwhelmed.” Fun day Friday, for sure. We are in…
A Postpartum New Year I felt good at two days postpartum. I felt good at two weeks postpartum. I will feel good at two months postpartum, I’m sure. _ I was not myself at two days postpartum. I was not myself at two weeks postpartum. I will not be myself at two months postpartum. _…
My husband and daughter walked in from preschool pick up while our toddler was running around “creating” a green and pink grocery store (whatever that means) and I was nursing the newborn. Our rhythm up to this point had been to get home from pick up and go straight to eating a snack, preparing for…
Fall Baby TL;DR At forty-one weeks and 3 days (41+3), I had already been having irregular contractions for the 14 days prior. However, the cramping I woke to at 6 AM on that morning just felt like it was leading somewhere. Unsure if the cramping would progress to regular contractions (or at what speed), I didn’t want…
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.…
