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Male and Female He Created Them!
If I’m being absolutely honest, I didn’t always appreciate being a woman. I once looked upon my “femaleness” as something of a burden. As a young woman, cycles and the changing relationships with guy friends and all the other things I associated with becoming a woman seemed burdensome. Honestly, with all the pressure to go to Ivy league schools and “make something of myself”, getting married and having babies seemed to be a hindrance to all my hopes and dreams. Without knowing it, the change in the culture around me had informed my ideas of what it meant to be a woman — and not for the better. The conclusion…
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Barcelona & Staring at the Darkness For Too Long
A few years back, we took our kids to hike a section of the ancient pilgrim path known as the Camino de Santiago. It was on this hike that we had a birds-eye view of a large statue of Jesus, overlooking the city of San Sebastián, Spain. Honestly, we needed that perspective. We needed it because we were trying to regain hope in our hearts. Only a few days before, we had arrived bleary-eyed in Barcelona, and no sooner did we step foot off of our metro, but John was pick-pocketed. Welcome to Barcelona. Oh boy, not the best way to start a trip! Perhaps in retrospect, that rude awakening…
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Happy Birthday and What Our Kids Teach Us About Really Living
Today we celebrate our sweet girl — now a young woman — so hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the first moment I saw her beautiful, little face smiling back at me. She taught me so much about being a mom. Honestly, sometimes I feel like I need to apologize for knowing so little about what it really meant to be a mother when she first came along. Her siblings have her to thank for teaching us the most important lessons in life — and what it means to really love somebody. As an aside, CHECK OUT ALL THE GEAR in this photo. It was the closing Mass…
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Crazy May, So Here’s a Sneak Peak at Next Week’s Post
May has always been a bit crazy — and surprisingly, this May is no different — which means my weekly post will be delayed until next week. But here’s a little sneak peek…it has to do with a crazy run through metros and getting out of Barcelona right before disaster hit. It taught me a lot about the importance of not staring at the darkness for too long. Also, please sign up for posts via e-mail, so you’ll know whenever I post. I promise I never spam people….don’t have the time, people. 🙂 It’s just a way to keep in touch and let you know when posts have hit. Also…
