This past March, in another blog post, I reflected on the Transfiguration and a passage from Philippians wherein St. Paul urges us to keep the vision of Heaven ever before ...
Child Loss
Last night I woke up and realized I must not title my post “Helpless.” But I have been feeling this overwhelming sense of doom and of sad anger; mostly, though, ...
I scream through that final labor pain and hold his motionless body. He is perfect, so fragile and intricate – fearfully and wonderfully made. I hold him, and his tiny ...
Being a mother of loss is a great honor from God. Although it is still painful to watch earthly mothers share this life with their children as they hug them, ...
Seventeen weeks—almost halfway through the pregnancy. We were waiting to learn if God was blessing us with a boy or girl, but instead, we learned that God was trusting us ...
“Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.” As mothers, we know about longing. We have longed to be blessed with children. We have longed to see ...
As I was thinking about the approaching Feast of Divine Mercy this Sunday, I tried to remember the time in my life that I most keenly experienced the Lord’s mercy. ...