Family

When you wake up in the morning and feel grateful. When you wake up at 3:12am and feel anxious. He is still God. When you feel like you have everything under control. When you feel like the waves will pull you under. He is still God. When you cheer for your neighbor...

I was a middle school Edge counselor for years. Edge is the 6th grade - 8th grade youth group program at Catholic Churches. One night at Edge, we had a beautiful session about the importance family prayer time. I usually am assigned to the 8th graders during small...

This morning was incredibly smooth. I gave myself many virtual gold stars. You know, to go along with all the virtual learning we were doing. By 7:00am, the three youngest and I had eaten breakfast and Riley asked to go ahead and do his homework so that he could have...

How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Psalm 119:103.   Day 15: Today’s walk was at noon. Riley, Mary Alice, Sebastian, and I walked down to see the horses. The older two were at home, knee deep in online learning.  We live a...

Day 2: I woke up on March 11th, ready to rock our voluntary self isolation. We pulled Nate out of school (Riley was already home due to spring break). I was going to take them all on a hike and show the boys some of Mary Alice and Sebastian's favorite places. I talked...

My dearest Sebastian, you are three. You were such a surprise and I cannot imagine our family without you. You are the best snuggler. You announce to everyone 'you my best friend'. It makes their day. You love to dance and laugh and lay with Murphy. We started the day...

Over the past few weeks, I've been absolutely inspired by friends taking beautiful hikes and finding blooms in the desert. I wanted so badly to find the poppies and lupine in bloom. Two friends, both named Jennie, spoke of hikes near Cave Creek that were stunning. On...

Just after I turned 17, my mother, father, and I were walking through a fancy department store headed to meet my brother at the food court. I can remember clearly that my dad slowed his stride and picked up two very fancy, very beautiful hats and said, "every lady...

Do you ever look at your kids and just think "my goodness, they are beautiful" ? Riley turned 9 last week. He opted for a birthday party at the skate park so that his entire class could be invited and they could bring their siblings if they wanted. Goodness that made...