just another day of Catholic pondering by Sarah Reinhard
Today it’s a pleasure to host another special “Mom to Mom” post. And it’s not an easy topic…so I’m glad *I* am not the one to tackle it… Update: NFP stands for Natural Family Planning. Learn more from the USCCB and the Couple to Couple League. By Jennifer Fitz When we were younger, NFP was more difficult. [...]
By Karee Santos My sixth child, Elisa-Maria, gets special treatment. She is the first two-year-old I have ever parented without also parenting a newborn at the same time. I’m finding it to be a surprisingly enjoyable experience. Not being chronically sleep-deprived or prohibited from ingesting caffeine has definitely made Mama happy. Everything Elisa-Maria does just seems so cute. [...]
I always hesitate to admit that I was never going to be a mom. It wasn’t on my bucket list, in my goals, or on my radar. It wasn’t just the farthest thing from me, it was completely not going to happen. Once I became Catholic, and once I knew I would be marrying him, [...]
By Erin Giddens I was asked recently, by a good friend, to offer a quote on what marriage is really like. I failed to give her any response even though I promised I would. I just couldn’t wrap the idea up into one cohesive thought. What is marriage? Really? There are so many prevalent ideas running [...]
By Maria Johnson Dear Sarah, You asked me to share my experience with miscarriage, and I have to admit that I balked for a moment. It’s because I feared revealing the raw honesty of my answer. Because I am a woman, I revisit the horror of the experience every month, sometimes as a phantom memory, [...]
In today’s guest post, Jenny shares how she was awakened to the need to be mindful of what goes into her mind. It’s a lesson I’ve learned, too. What do you need to replace with Scripture in your life? Where is there room for pruning and improvement in what you allow “in”? How can you [...]
By Katharine Grubb Moms, we have a powerful weapon at our disposal: our words. We all know the painful things that were said to us as children, some even by our parents. We all know that words can leave a permanent, painful reminder of how we have failed or how hard life is. I’m not [...]
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