M: On a rainy May 30, off we went to Cincinnati to celebrate Emma’s wedding! Catherine and I were both bridesmaids. I was excited to be a bridesmaid for the first time in my adult life and cautiously optimistic that Alice would be complacent for at least the majority of the trip. The drive down was your typical soggy trip down 75, dodging construction and terrible … Continue reading Emma’s Wedding
Today’s edition of Momthoughts is about a topic that I’ve never seen covered before: Catholic family sizes and the pressure that’s put on Catholic moms to become the next Michelle Duggar I grew up around families of at least 7 kids and felt like my family of 5 kids was small. I always saw the “good” Catholic moms in church with their huge vans and … Continue reading momthoughts: Catholic family sizes
2024 was quite a year for me. It really started off with a bang because in January, I read Jochebed’s Dream. “I know, sweaty.” I also went to Florida for the first time and hit up two National Parks of course! Everglades and Biscayne. I liked both parks and the highlight was seeing the invasive (huge) iguanas at Biscayne and the CROCODILE IN THE EVERGLADES. … Continue reading maria’s 2024 year in review
Have you ever heard of The Baxters? No? Then you must not be a good enough Christian. Continue reading i read and watched karen kingsbury’s the baxters
Today’s post is going to be a little bit different than usual, but I think it’s important to share my experience because it’s happened to so many women, but it’s rarely discussed. Continue reading my ovarian cyst story
Do I have kids? No. Have I traveled with a kid as an adult? Yes. I’ve enjoyed seeing a couple of National Parks with my niece who was around 5 and 6 years old when I traveled with her. She got so excited when she was able to get her junior ranger badges at each site. Plus, I grew up going to historical places on … Continue reading the best places to travel with kids
Giving someone advice (if they asked for it or are about to do something extremely stupid) is a good thing. However, something I’ve felt lately is that there’s just too much advice out there, especially for certain subjects. For some reason, the thought of publishing this post makes me nervous. But I’m doing it anyway because this is something I’ve come to feel strongly about. Continue reading too much advice
“When you’re in a battle, it’s important to keep your focus on what the mission is, but every step of the way it’s also critical that we celebrate victories. The next phase now begins.” Steve Scalise I went back to Washington D.C. for the 50th annual March for Life. Not gonna lie, it took some gumption to actually want to go this year. I think … Continue reading what’s next?
I went on the March for Life in DC and spent the night before the March on a bus with an old man behind us muttering the entire time and some of it was profanities. Oh my poor ears! It’s not an exaggeration when I say I got little to no sleep that night. The rally in the cathedral the day of the March was … Continue reading catherine’s year in review
“As you read my stories of long ago, I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the same now as they were then. It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.” Laura Ingalls Wilder For some reason I’m blanking on the majority … Continue reading maria’s year in review
Mellow Musings 