Many different people have expressed this thought - you become who you surround yourself with.  We taught this concept to our children as they were growing up and choosing friends.  However, it isn’t just for our children and the friends they choose. It’s for all of us in many different...

Did my motherhood shape my faith, or rather, did my faith shape my motherhood?  I’m not sure I have the answer, but after that retreat when I understood that I wasn’t just marking time here, that I had a mission from God, I knew that when I embraced my vocation with a joy and fervor I had not...

Self-care has gotten a bad rap, and I think that’s because we’ve blurred the lines of self-care and over-indulgence. We can’t live in either extreme – putting yourself so last that you’re not even on your list nor putting yourself 1st all the time to please all your whims and desires so that all...