What I Read | April 2020

What I Read | April 2020

I’m always interested in what other people are reading, as I’m always on the hunt for more TBR fodder. So I thought I’d start sharing what I’ve been reading each month in case you’re looking for something to occupy your leisure, too...
9 Things that Helped During My Health-Related Anxiety

9 Things that Helped During My Health-Related Anxiety

I don’t need to tell you about what weird, unprecedented circumstances we’re living. I’m assuming you’re all caught up on the chaos of the coronavirus. So let’s not waste time diving into the specifics of the reality and the unknown. What...
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Quotes

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Quotes

I’ve dished before about why we think Pier Giorgio Frassati is awesome enough to make him the patron saint of our family and name our first-born after him. Even Fr. Robert Barron thinks he’s a baller. Another great thing about Frassati, like all good...
Finding Your Core

Finding Your Core

  Deep breath. Press the keys. Our six-week-old daughter was hungry for milk and my six-week-old postpartum body was hungry for healing. I nursed the first and placed her swaddled, sleeping self in the swing so I could serve the second. At the recommendation of many...
Let’s Talk About Eyewear

Let’s Talk About Eyewear

If you look closely enough at my face, particularly my eye region, then you may notice a scar in the midst of my left eyebrow where the eyebrow no longer grows. That little scar has been with my since the first grade, was hidden throughout high school thanks to...
When Instagram Ruins Your Day

When Instagram Ruins Your Day

It happened again this week. That pit in the stomach, that flush of the face, that feeling of shame and discontentment, right in the midst of a particularly beautiful day in my own life. And it had been a lovely day. The warm summer sun stretched into the cool breeze...