Daily Step – Let us believe like children.
“Mommy, we are making a “fluffy” camp-out!” Last night, after many daytime hours of fighting, my three boys actually banded together to do what they love...
July 14, 2020
Daily Step – You are not alone.
“Mom can we please go somewhere today?” Summer is here and my boys are bored. I can’t blame them, they’ve been stuck here since March… and...
June 11, 2020
Daily Step – Mom, we could just jump.
“But what about snakes?” “Mosquitos? Germs? You may fall! You could get hurt! You don’t know what’s lurking in that dark hole you are sticking your...
June 8, 2020
Daily Step – A Step in Faith
Take the first step in faith. This looks like just a simple brown recliner in a room at a retreat house with a simple lamp next...
February 17, 2020
Sunday Stride – Maintaining Faith
Sunday strides are written based on the lectionary readings of the day from the Catholic Lectionary. A stride is a “step in progress towards an aim”...
November 16, 2019
Patience and Fortitude
The newest doctor I’ve tried to help me fix my upper back pain gave me a bunch of exercises to do as well as instructions to...
October 5, 2019
Wonder and Faith
“Faith is not fearful of reason.” —Pope Francis, in On Faith Every morning, I walk my son through the hallway of my school on his way to...
April 1, 2019
My New Podcast Addiction
Prior to this summer, I had never listened to a podcast. Then, two of my colleagues told me about how much they loved listening to podcasts....
March 12, 2019
Growing in faith – in God and in myself
When I was a kid, I was a major fan of Saved by the Bell. CONFESSION: I might have even watched The College Years. There was...
March 10, 2019
Growing Pains
“Mom, my legs hurt,” my oldest son complained one morning as he laid in bed. Though I considered that he was just trying to stall (yet...
March 2, 2019