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I had my first mom-to-mom conversation over a friendship issue with my soon-to-be 3rd grader, Gianna. I witnessed uncharitable behavior on the part of my daughter’s peer towards Gianna. Because [...]

Shortly after my first test in my journey of consecrating myself to Jesus through Mary, I received my second test, which pertained to my husband. When he’s on his game, there are so many things I [...]

I did a double take when on day 4 of my Marian consecration, Father Gaitley outlined one of the four ways we are to “give ourselves entirely to Our Lady, in order to belong entirely to Jesus [...]

I have been a Catholic long enough to know that if you really want to be the best wife, mother, and woman you can be you have to stick with the winners. And the biggest winner is Queen of the [...]

While in the locker room after one of the sprint triathlons I did this year, another woman was laughing about her ritual every time she gets in the pool to start her race. She hears herself say, [...]

I described the disaster that resulted from skipping out on family confession for nearly two months in the series Driven to Drink. As each family member went to the sacrament of reconciliation, [...]

Several years ago, I took a class at the YMCA to teach people how to do a sprint triathlon. A sprint triathlon consists of a 20-lap swim, six-minute ride on the stationary bike, and a two-mile [...]

At a low point in my life I had a difficult time identifying things about me that were positive. I had a gentle, patient mentor who insisted that I go back to the drawing board until I could list [...]

During our premarital counseling with Monsignor Gilsenan 20 years ago, the seasoned priest remarked how well my husband and I knew each other. He commented that we were one of the more outspoken [...]

The conduct following the first three days of our summer that inspired the original “Driven to Drink” post did improve…a little bit. In part due to an intense, parental meltdown complete with [...]