Wife, mother, blogger, Catholic ministry. I love to garden even when it goes wrong. Same with writing (and we know it can go wrong.) Believing that God is present in all of it.

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God In my Compost
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God In my Compost

I walked out to my yard about a month ago and noticed that the tomato plant was growing out of the side of the compost bin…nothing unusual mind you. So about a week later I noticed the corn popping up on the other side. (Just for clarity I need to mention that I have only…

Happy Feast Day St. Ignatius!

How do we thank a man who has brought such richness to our own spiritual experiences?  A man who by changing himself ultimately changed the world?  Well, to start we make a fun but pertinent video about him.  Here is one called “The Olive”.  My kids love it, but really so do I!  Enjoy and…

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When the Holy Spirit Plays…

 Click the link to the Facebook post from Vatican Radio-English Edition. Pope Francis during his general audience today concedes to the playfulness of the wind.  If you look, you can see him holding his cross.  When I do this, I am praying to someone.  My guess is that this is the secret to his joy…

Whispers

Whispers

God called me to the woods…to the depth of the woods to hear his voiceas he reminded meChild, all things are changingall things are changingBut look how they stay the same.Have no fear.

That’s a Wrap!

A couple of days ago my husband got a call from a former co-worker who was also affected by the cuts made by their former employer.  B had been “counseling” this guy during this time just trying to keep his morale up.  He was riddled with anxiety and worst case scenarios and was not being supported the…

Awe and Wonder

Last week I went on a field trip with the 5th grade to a Planetarium at a local Ivy League school.  At one point as we were watching the show of the sky over our heads, I realized that I was privy to an “awe and wonder” moment.  Not one child made a sound. Not…