Simple, easy ideas to help you prepare for the wonder and joy of Christmas.
Read More
All articles filed in Emily
Proud Louisiana native. Reluctant DMV resident. Imperfect Catholic (why it's called "practicing"). Trophy wife to Nick. Model mom to Evelyn and Thomas. Fabulous domestic goddess. Fluent in sarcasm. Lives to laugh.
How to Make a Hanging Advent Wreath
For those of us with tiny spaces, limited surface area, and lots of curious little hands!
Read More
Do you feel like you wasted your degree?
Emily and Victoria shoot back at the question that has them wondering: If women are equal to men, isn’t their education just as important?
Read More
What Do You Do All Day?
What do we do all day? And more importantly, why does no one want to hear the answer?
Read More
the SAHM Talk Back! series
Emily and Victoria will be back next week with their responses to more questions we SAHMs can get. Click here to get caught up on the conversations you missed!
Read More
When Cleanliness Stops Being Godliness
Our value within the home has nothing to do with our ability to accomplish a to-do list. Anyone can be taught to do laundry. Our inestimable value within the home is based on our ability to see where love is needed and then respond.
Read More
My Guiding Star
Mary is our Northern Star, fixed in the Heaven’s, showing us where we are and where we still need to go. Even as we follow her, we know she is not our end, only our guide, the most perfect means to reaching her Son. Just as the beauty of the stars causes us to look up in awe and allows us to contemplate our littleness, so too looking up to her causes us to see ourselves for who we are in relation to our God.
Taking the Kids to Mass: Toddler Edition
Taking toddlers to mass is probably one of parents’ most dreaded tasks. Between fielding the snide comments and the tantrums, it gives any faithful Catholic a boatload of angst. Here’s a few ideas of how to approach this vitally important learning opportunity for your kids.
Read More