Tales From the Trenches

This week has been a battle. The last several weeks have been full of travel and unusual circumstances that have brought on a deeper level of exhaustion and a touch of chaos in our house. To top it all off, my husband has been gone all week as he transitions to a new job. On …READ MORE

I steer the van into the carpool line and notice my son wrapped warmly in a sweater that he had not left the house with this morning. “Mom! It’s a miracle!” What’s that honey? I ask, “My sweater has been lost a whole year and today I found it. When I got to the bottom …READ MORE

Yesterday, my kids were enjoying riding bikes outside when my seven-year-old son came bursting through the door, howling in pain. “My arm, my arm, I can’t feel my arm,” he cried. He writhed in anguish while I called my husband, Kevin, who quickly rushed him to the ER. There he was made to stretch out …READ MORE

I just had the honor of spending four days with a dear friend, supporting her through the birth of her seventh child. It was a tremendous privilege to be there for those amazing first days. It was also a bit surreal to be on the other side of that season of my life and to …READ MORE

My kids love Bible movies, and the other night we were watching a show together. The stories are told in a beautiful, simple way that makes me look at a passage that I am very familiar with in a new light. We were viewing the part when Jesus goes to the garden to pray before …READ MORE

I recently celebrated twenty years since the beautiful, life-changing day when I chose to convert to Catholicism. It was a profound day that began my journey in this beautiful and sacred Church full of saints and sinners. I have never looked back, and I never cease to be amazed at the constant, expanding awareness of …READ MORE