MaryBeth Eberhard
Catholic wife and mother of eight,
who loves our Lord, Mary,
and sharing prayers and thoughts on these pages.
When Your Guardian Angels Need a Vacation
I need to send a box of chocolates to my kids' Guardian Angels. Seriously. As a mother of a large family, I can humbly say that I cannot possibly watch over everyone. When someone asks, "How do you do it?" I laugh and honestly say, "I don't!" You see God wanted these...
Letting Go and Letting God
Settle in, friends. Here's a long one... It's a late night. Worry has taken the night away. The possibility of the few precious drops of sleep that I so crave will soon drift away with the sunrise, and I cry out to my God for strength and help. Wrapped in the warmth...
Mercy for Real
I have been thinking a great deal about mercy these days. There is someone in my life who I am struggling to love authentically. In my mind, I have spoken words of mercy and from my lips it all sounds really great. But then the encounter comes and I am left in the...
Love Begins at Home: Family Traditions
One of the questions I often get from people is how do you teach your kids the faith? I love this question because it's like asking how do you bake a chocolate chip cookie? Everybody does it differently but each one tastes so good! Now, I am coming from this with a...
Living Mercy
This year Pope Francis called for all Christians to embrace a year of mercy. To "rediscover the infinite mercy of the Father who welcomes everyone and goes out personally to encounter each of them." If I had a meme, it would look something like me plotting ways for...
When the Walls Come Tumbling Down
I am a firm believer in mothering. I mother from dawn till dusk and dusk till dawn. Mothering, it is what I did, what I do, and what I will be doing for the rest of my life. That switch that was turned on at the moment of conception, that forever gave me another...