Grieving With the Saints

This title is my idea of clickbait. Happy Divine Mercy Sunday! I found this beautiful reminder of God's love and mercy in our everyday messes in St. Faustina...

I read Anne of Ingleside in the delivery room. It’s the sixth book in the series, the one where she has a lot of kids, and it’s mostly funny, sweet childhood...

[Note: contains ultrasound image and discussion of current pregnancy] Well, I'm dusting off the ol' blog again! I have been gone for a long time because I ha...

I am floating on my back over the ocean, blinded by great light. I am flailing, grasping, water slipping through my fingers. Water is so uncertain, so change...

It isn't. A heavy period doesn't have a due date. A heavy period doesn't have an anniversary. A heavy period doesn't make you jealous at a funeral because yo...

I thought about writing something for NFP Awareness Week (July 21-27). Instead, I buried my head in my pillow and screamed and watched Downton Abbey, because...

We all know that women struggle with their body image in pregnancy and after childbirth. We've seen the motivational posts: fleets of flabby bellies and prun...

Through my three pregnancy losses, I have been absolutely blown away by my amazing community of family and friends. I am in awe of the loving strength and se...

A story about spiritual advice, therapy, and two priests who knew when I needed what. When I had made my first confession after losing Rosie, the first pries...

I came here hoping to answer the question I asked at the end of Part 1: what set Zelie Martin's suffering apart? What makes us in awe of her enormous strengt...

St. Zelie Martin lost four infants, one five-year-old daughter, and her father, within five years. Oh, and she developed breast cancer at the same time. Last...

Your feelings of grief are not a rejection of God Less than two years into marriage, we are officially regulars at a funeral home. I think it's safe to say t...