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February 25, 2016

Spotlight on Catholicism

The other night, Dean and I watched Spotlight which is nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture. I’m going to take a different format with this post and interview myself based on questions I’ve been asked in the past…

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February 2, 2016

No One Laughs at God in a Hospital

Have you heard of Regina Spektor? She is one of my favorite singer songwriters, right up there with Adele. Regina is less popular, but equally talented. I have been a fan since she began her career. You have to check her out….

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December 31, 2015

What I Celebrated on Christmas

I went to church by myself, because Franco is too much of a toddler to sit still and besides it was his bedtime. Dean watched him while I googled the closest Catholic church in Scottsdale, arriving 15 minutes before the…

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September 28, 2015

The People’s Pope

View image | gettyimages.com If you haven’t gleaned from reading my blog, I am very Catholic. I say that with a wince because even though I’m proud to be Catholic, I am not one of those religious fanatics who follows…

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December 31, 2014

The Most Important Post You Will Read On My Blog

It’s December 31, 2014–the last day of the year. Not that I’ve had much time to myself lately, let alone time to think, but I have been reminiscing about the past year and trying to distill what I’ve learned into…

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December 24, 2013

Christmas Hope

Heavy heart this Christmas… Last week my friend’s wife was overcome with a rare bacterial infection which resulted in an emergency c-section at 36 weeks. Their beautiful little girl passed away after a short time on this earth, and now…

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October 10, 2013

Two Angel Babies and One on the Way

I have been pregnant or miscarrying for the past eight months, and all that I have to show for it is a broken heart. As I’ve shared on my blog, I miscarried twice this year, making 2013 the unluckiest most…

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August 15, 2013

Did You Go to Church Today? The Holy Days of Obligation

I used to always forget the Holy Days of Obligation, which are days you’re supposed to go to church and pray and be holy and stuff. In fact, we were at church on Sunday and nowhere, nowhen did anyone say…

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August 11, 2013

Caring for Ourselves After a Miscarriage

Dean and I have spent the past few days resting and doing indulgent things we wouldn’t normally do. Here’s how we’ve been caring for ourselves after the miscarriage… Caring for Ourselves After a Miscarriage: Staying up until 1am. Sleeping in…

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August 8, 2013

We Are Pregnant!

We are pregnant! We were pregnant. And then we were not. For the second time in only three months, I have miscarried another baby. Please God it’s not fair to fill your heaven with our little babies. You already have…

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