When You’ve Been Married 52 Years
When you’ve been married for 52 years, you will look back and wonder where the time has gone. Of course,…
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When you’ve been married for 52 years, you will look back and wonder where the time has gone. Of course,…
Continue ReadingAnxiety—I wish I didn't have it. I wish no one did. It's hard to explain it to those lucky enough…
Continue ReadingHere's where it started: Several years ago, Mom and Dad delivered monthly meals to our home for ONE FULL YEAR.…
Continue ReadingOnce upon a time, about four children ago, I was striving to be the perfect parent. I didn’t even realize…
Continue ReadingFor the mom who lives every day in pain. Emotional pain, physical pain, all of you tied up in knots.…
Continue ReadingIn the early days of motherhood, I came across this article about whether women of today could “have it all.”…
Continue ReadingYears ago, when my husband and I were first getting to know one another, he said to me, “Awara, if…
Continue ReadingI walked into the church, clutching my Bible tote and feeling butterflies in my stomach. Like the first day of…
Continue ReadingI’m a member of several mom-focused support groups online, both for creative purposes, and for practical tips, recommendations, and solidarity…
Continue ReadingAs I sit on the other side of depression, I feel like I could stay in these moments forever. It’s…
Continue ReadingAt some point many decades ago, the brown cardboard box my uncle Alwyn Harry, S.J. traveled with held Bachelor’s Friend…
Continue ReadingI wish I had asked more questions. My grandmother passed away just months before my first child was born. She…
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