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Yes… I am quite aware that it is late-March and I just determined my word of the year!   In case you are not familiar with picking a word of the year, a neat way to start the new year (or to start your April) is to pray about a word that God wants to […]

“For people of faith there are no coincidences, only aspects of God’s providence that we have not yet fully understood.” –St. John Paul II None of us could have expected how our lives would be radically changed, turned upside down, so quickly and so decisively as in these past weeks. Schools and restaurants closed, businesses […]

14 hours. That is what stands between now and picking up my daughter, becoming a mom for good. I can’t tell you all the emotions that I am feeling at this moment. I am so beyond excited and feeling incredibly blessed, but obviously fear of the unknown and nerves are creeping in as the clock […]

As I reflect on 2019, I realize just how blessed of a year it was. It has been a family tradition to write down all the things that happened the previous year and on New Year’s we reminisce on all the amazing memories that were created. So that is what I have done!   I […]

We waited for hours from the very first glimpses of sunlight, exhausted but wide-awake with anticipation, with me dressed in my wedding gown and him in his suit, waiting, hoping, and imagining the moment that we would be able to personally meet the Holy Father. My husband and I had been surprised with a trip […]

My apologies for the silence the last couple of months! Life has been so full of fun adventures so I figured I would give a quick update as to a couple of the recent highlights!   Last year after our Steubenville and Peru mission trip I was feeling this burning in my heart to look […]

Happy Easter! I love that it’s the end of May and still the Easter Season. We Catholics know how to party, celebrating the Resurrection for 50 days while only fasting in preparation for 40 days! While I deeply love the Easter season, I have found that, surprisingly enough, I struggle with truly receiving and living […]

The snow is all around us in these deep days of winter, a kind of unmoving, silent presence, frozen in time. Even though life continues on full speed ahead in the busyness of these days, there’s also a sort of feeling that we’re ‘stuck’ in these winter days, waiting for spring to arrive when the […]

God’s plan constantly surprises me. After this many years you would think I should know by now that everything He has asked me to do has had a purpose in His bigger plan, but it still tends to blow my mind! It is truly amazing how God works. A couple of months ago, my friend […]

Surrender (v.)- to give oneself up into the power of another; yield. I have been reflecting on this word a ton since feeling God’s nudge to adopt it as my “word of the year” for 2019 during my silent retreat at Pacem in Terris this past weekend. I never would have imagined how much my […]