So many of us wives put a lot of thought and energy into trying to love our spouses well. We read books and blogs. We write books and blogs. We leave bookmarked and highlighted pages casually on our husbands’ bedside tables. We talk to our girlfriends. We talk to our husbands. We do 21-day secret projects and Bible studies. We drag our husbands to marriage […]
WoWW: 6 Ways to Build Him Up
Pin it. Print it. Paste it. Whatever – this is something we as wives should maintain at the front of our busy minds. Our husbands need us to be tender, sweet, and loving. They need us to be affirming, their #1 fans, and actively smitten with them. Make your encouragement sincere and your admiration humble. […]
Redirect from Social Media for Better Marriage Communication
All three boys occupied with preschool, a nap, and toys respectively. Fresh black coffee. Deep breath. And exhale: a moment of peace. So naturally I’m on Facebook, scrolling the News Feed and Liking along the way – albeit not the best way to savor the quiet, but that’s another post. I was just conjuring a […]
Cultivating Religious Vocations within the Domestic Church
My freshmen year at Benedictine College, one of my closest friends delighted us all with news that he was headed for the seminary. A young man with strong devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Blessed Mother, Chris’s talents were in making people laugh and making people pray. His convictions were contagious and […]
Happy World Marriage Day!
Almighty and eternal God, you have so exalted the unbreakable bond of marriage that it has become the sacramental sign of your Son’s union with the Church as his spouse. Look with favor on us your servants, whom you have united in marriage, as we ask for your help and the protection of the Virgin […]
Frugal February: Practical Tips for the Temptation to $pend
Happy Frugal February everybody! It’s our annual “celebration” of reining in impulse in an effort to return to being good stewards of our cash. December involves extra shopping, and January almost always has some residual financial looseness from Christmas spending. Plus, with my birthday just two weeks after Jesus’s, it’s easy to get the Gimmes (and […]
WoWW: Big Hits of 2013
Checking over my site stats, I wanted to know which posts you thought were the best, which ones you shared, which ones got the most attention and here they are! The Top 5 posts of 2013! Thank you for reading and your fantastic support! #5 Antidotes for the Green-Eyed: How to Handle Jealousy …envy glorifies […]
The Domestic Church: Forever Open to Life
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN JANUARY 2014 {This video kills me. I could watch it a million times. Family life – no matter how many souls under your roof – can be tiresome and tough. Kiss a clean house goodbye. Quiet. Peace. …but say HELLO to laughing like you never would before and a joy that surpasses tidiness […]
The Urge to Purge: 4 Reasons We Trim the Fat
I’ve been on a big Purge the Excess kick for a while. What started as a weekend project to rid my pokey kitchen of clutter has become an exciting approach to a new lifestyle. A lifestyle that breathes easy, breeds simplicity, and involves a very gradual process of ridding our lives of distraction and noise. […]
Giving Time over STUFF
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s blow by in a hurried hustle. Even outside of the holidays, kids, teens, husbands, and wives are constantly on the go, on the phone, and operating frantically on the fly. While it’s ideal to slow down and savor the moment in the midst of holiday preparations, for some it’s just […]
