Follow Your Heart? Yeah, Maybe You Should.
We are made to be filled up every day and then go out to empty ourselves out for others.
What the Eucharist Taught Me about My Vocation
But my stomach sank at those words.
Just because I am a young Catholic woman, devoted to God, does that mean I’m obviously supposed to be a sister?
Live in the Pain: How to Find Peace Amid Suffering
Until knee surgery, I knew very little about significant pain. And even now, as I recover, I realize that I’ve got things easy in comparison to many others.
But the message of the cross is the same, regardless. From stubbed toes to terminal cancer, there is a beautiful paradox: suffering and hope.
God Bless Emotions
You see, in order to mourn — to truly feel the depth of mourning, sadness, depression, guilt, anger, shame, anxiety, loneliness, dread, remorse, fear — we can’t numb ourselves.
The Day I Realized That God Likes Me
My idea of God’s love was that He loved me just because He was incapable otherwise. But no, He likes me, He delights in me as my good, good Father.
Things to Remember When Everything is Falling Apart
This is for the days when no one understands and the pain feels too heavy. When my thoughts won’t stop spinning, creating a tornado of emotions I’m not quite sure how to handle.
How I have Overcome my Challenges with God’s Help
When I was just a very little girl I was diagnosed with Autism (Asperger’s) and cognitive delay. Having this made it very hard for me to make friends or even communicate with people, because I didn’t know how to explain things verbally.
5 Things That Aren’t Helping Your Body Image
There are two kinds of people in this world, the people who struggle with body image and the people who lie about it.
The Day I Cried at the Farmer’s Market
At the end of the day, it’s not up to me to make the right “political” choice in that moment when I’m faced with a brother or sister who is hurting… it’s up to me to help protect life… and to love.
