by marybeth | Aug 27, 2025 | Faith at Home, Marriage
My teenage son walked through the kitchen the other day as my husband and I were embracing and mumbled to himself that he was going to write his own book. It would be called How I Survived My Parents’ Romantic Marriage: A Tell All! This made me laugh but also...
by marybeth | Jul 30, 2025 | Faith at Home, Family, Gratitude
We are doing a bit of redecorating in our home as we have older kids who leave fewer fingerprints on furniture or use the couch as a springboard for their latest acrobatic exhibition. As I sat flipping through the home decorating catalog, each image more perfectly...
by marybeth | May 9, 2025 | Faith at Home, Keeping Kids Catholic, Parenthood
There was a time of parenting when my husband and I would get our eight young children ready for Mass. It was not an easy feat when they were all under the age of 10, with two of them using wheelchairs and needing some extra support. We had all the boys in their...
by marybeth | Mar 31, 2025 | Faith at Home, Life, Saints
I’ve always wanted to be a strong woman, the kind of woman who wasn’t afraid of anything and stood strong in what she believed. Unfortunately, I was the girl who was scared to get her driver’s license, the girl who was scared to take risks, trying always to keep the...
by marybeth | Feb 1, 2025 | Faith at Home, Family, Parenthood
I stood at the bottom of my stairs the other day for a good five minutes waiting for a child to actually come to the car. This may not seem egregious, but when I was told a couple of times earlier that they would be right down, my perspective was that that meant right...
by marybeth | Nov 22, 2024 | Faith at Home, Keeping Kids Catholic, Parenthood
Last night a little one hopped on to my bed as I took a late-night meeting. She waited patiently because she needed to talk with me. Quietly she whispered that her heart was hurting and that she needed my help. I nodded, tucked her in close, and continued my call,...
