Emily and I would like to wish you all a very blessed Mother’s Day! We hope you have a wonderful day, surrounded by your family. As we celebrate motherhood, today we also recognize that some women may have difficult relationships with their mothers or...
The other day my husband showed up with a sports car that was worth almost as much as my house! He smiled and said, “Jump in, lets go for a ride.” Had I not known what was going on, I would have been worried that my husband was going through a mid-life crisis and had...
“Merciful like the Father” – The Papal motto for this extraordinary Year of Mercy As mothers, we can be a bit overwhelmed on how to live out an extraordinary jubilee year! We can start to think on such a large scale that nothing really changes in our...
With the birth of my sweet baby number seven, I have been reminded that nothing is worse then being sleep deprived and overwhelmed by young children, especially in the middle of the night! This is the time when I struggle most. For some of us (like me), lack of sleep...
We all have days where our daily duties seem to hold us down. We wish we were at the pool on a summer, sunny afternoon or meeting up with friends for coffee instead of doing the work that is involved in family life. Consequently, running a family in this moment in...
As the snow was melting and spring flowers were beginning to bloom last year, I was looking forward to a new chapter in my life. The following fall, all my children would be in school (even though for my pre-schooler, it was only for a few hours a day). For the...