A story of how faith was interwoven with reason, and the difficult and loving response that a husband and wife made together in response to their unique situation as it changed over the course of their marriage.
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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.
The Cross is Love
The birth of my second child gave me an intimate taste of the cross of Christ, at once indescribably painful, and eventually, beautiful.
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Book Review: Letters to Women
If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that no matter what we’re going through, no matter what we’re trying to discern, it’s absolutely necessary to our sanity to know that we aren’t alone. It’s a lesson I’ve learned time and time again as I speak about NFP. We need to know that someone else out there…
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Why a Fertility Awareness Database?
So there’s this new fertility awareness database being built, and you may be wondering why. Valid question. Allow my co-founder and I to explain…
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FAbM Base: The New Nonprofit Fertility Awareness Database
Help us build and launch the new nonprofit fertility awareness database – and wear your support for fertility awareness!
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Good Parenting Means Remembering I’m a Child
It was a Monday in every sense of the word. I was up earlier than usual, and so were the kids. My 3 year old and I were downstairs, wandering around the house aimlessly as I guzzled my coffee, half pleasant ritual, half absolute necessity. I peeped through the dining room window, and was caught…
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Real Talk: Honeymoon Sex
I counted out the days on my chart and didn’t want to face the reality it confirmed – I was going to be fertile for the first part of our honeymoon. To say I was disappointed is, of course, a dramatic understatement. It just seemed so unfair, like a cruel joke. My now-husband and I…
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Why I Don’t Refer to Fertility Awareness as Contraception
I don’t call fertility awareness contraception, but it’s not because I’m Catholic.
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