Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890) (beatified in 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI) composed this prayer, which Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta loved and taught her Sisters of Charity to recite daily. What a beautiful prayer for us as Mothers -- am I a radiant light of Christ to my children? Do they see [...]
Today, February 2nd, is a wonderful feast day in our liturgical year — actually two feasts are celebrated today — the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus and the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. These two celebrations are combined in the more familiar nomenclature of Candlemas. [...]
"Every Good Thing" is one of my favorite songs! It is by The Afters (a Christian band) from their 2013 album Life Is Beautiful. I was especially reminded of this song because our family theme this year is Beauty -- recognizing beauty all around us, finding ways to create beauty, (individually and [...]
P is for Pray before Planning! I have to admit it. I love to plan. I love to organize. It may seem contradictory to admit that most of the time, my home and especially, my office, is not organized or neat! It’s because I spend so much time planning that I don’t have [...]
How many times do my days go exactly as planned? And yet, I wake up each morning with the hope that everything I thought of doing or wrote down in my planner or up on the schedule board or just listed intangibly in my head will actually get [...]
Journal entry from January 21, 2017. Today, my son, Noah, and I attended the San Diego Walk for Life, a smaller venue than the other California Walks for Life — a robust Los Angeles gathering and a powerful Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco— yet it was heartwarming to be [...]