The Blessings of Raising a Large Family in a Small Space
My husband and I have 7 children, 6 of whom we are blessed enough to be raising together (the seventh being already in heaven). We live, all eight of us, in a 900 square foot apartment. There’s no...
View ArticleOn Postpartum Fashion: A Rejection of Sweatpants
The first few months after having a baby are hard in any number of ways. One way a lot of people don’t even consider until it happens to them, is the simple prospect of getting dressed in the morning....
View ArticleThe Not-Quite-Blessings of Raising a Large Family in a Small Space
Last week, I posted about the unlikely blessings of raising our “large” family in a “small” space. This week, I thought I’d write a little about the other side of the small apartment coin, the one...
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Does Dave Ramsey Discourage Big Families?
Photo by Melvin_Es Richard Becker recently published an article at Crisis Magazine regarding financial guru Dave Ramsey’s program and how it’s opposed to orthodoxy: But I’ll be blunt: Dave Ramsey’s...
View Article5 Reasons to Celebrate Wedding Anniversaries
Growing up, I didn’t pay much attention to my parent’s anniversary. All I knew was that they got gifts from our extended family some time in March and they’d usually go out to dinner. When it came time...
View ArticleWhen Jesus Slept Through the Storm
Sunday mornings are not our family’s strong suit. No matter what Mass we plan on going to, no matter how early we start, we are usually rushing out the door and counting the minutes it takes to get to...
View ArticleWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting…for the Eighth Time
Recently my husband and I found out that we are being blessed again with a child. This isn’t a new thing for us, as we’ve experienced this particular blessing seven times already, but with each child...
View ArticleWhat Is Your “Beautiful Ending”?
Two years ago, while I was studying for my masters, I met a girl in the same program named Kelsey. As two conservative Christians from big states who also happen to love music, we were fast friends and...
View ArticleThe Habit of Thanksgiving
Children are great mimics. I usually remember this, unfortunately, a few moments after I’ve blurted out something that was, probably, not the best thing for my kids to hear. For instance, I say...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Cooking Dinner
Happy Thanksgiving! It seems that the appropriate thing to write about for today is food. That is what I have been thinking about and planning for weeks. Though I do think about food most hours of...
View ArticleAnnouncement
My views on NFP are pretty middle of the road. Though I’ve taken some extreme views to task, I’ve also published about the need for trust in Divine Providence when using NFP. I can’t believe God...
View ArticleShould the Title “Mama” Subsume all Titles?
I have talked more about poo in the past three months of being a mother than I have collectively over my entire life. I get crazy excited about buying new cloth diapers. I read about breastfeeding...
View ArticleWhy Your Friends With Babies Are Constantly Sending Pictures
I’ll be really honest: before I had kids, it kind of annoyed me how people would post pictures of their kids on Facebook, and text them to me, and send me prints in the mail. It’s not that I minded...
View ArticleOn Men and Babies
Since becoming a mom, I’ve learned three things about men and babies: Men and boys love babies. Fathers are incapable of being mothers Mothers are incapable of being fathers. Obviously John loves our...
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Finding God’s Love Through Car Sickness
Like many Americans, the wife and I took the break provided by the holiday season to saddle up the kiddos and travel over hill and dale to see various relatives in other states. I’m sure that a...
View ArticleThe Power of Memories
Twice a year my family would pack up for a week and drive nine hours from St. Louis to the Cleveland to visit my mom’s parents. We felt very close to them despite our infrequent visits. Visiting their...
View ArticleWhat I Thought of Sheryl Sandberg’s, “Lean In”
When I took Lean In out of the library, I asked the librarian how long I could keep the book. When she said I had to have the book back in two weeks, my eyes must have widened because she asked...
View ArticleOn Catholic Parenting: Freshman Edition
Sometime around Christmas, I received the following email from a friend of mine who recently converted to the faith: Big question: Do you have any thoughts on how to raise a baby up in faith? Both Liz...
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He laughs because he trusts
Andrew was playing with our babiest boy last night. At 7 months, he is too cute and sweet and just old enough to toss in the air for a burst of giggles. Andrew is 6’5″ with hands large and capable...
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Open Letter to a Motherhood-Hating Radical Feminist
DEAR AMY GLASS, I READ WITH INTEREST YOUR RECENT ARTICLE, ENTITLED I LOOK DOWN ON YOUNG WOMEN WITH HUSBANDS AND KIDS AND I’M NOT SORRY. Oh, shoot, am I too loud? My apologies for using this here...
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