Like many parents, I was at a loss about what to do to help my kids through the global pandemic and ensuing lockdowns that shut them off from friends and family at crucial times in their lives. I was fortunate in having five boys who refused to cave to fear and pressure. Life did not …
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A WARRIOR PRINCESS I AM. My Scars are my Trident, and I will wear them well. This would be arrogant or foolish or both if I thought any of this came from my own power. It does not, but that does not make it any less valid. In fact, it makes it more so. There …
I remember the first time I unclogged our shower drain. I used a flathead screwdriver to loosen the drain cover, stuck a long yellow stick with “teeth” on it into the pipe, and pulled out loads of hair and nasty gunk I don’t want to think about. And I was SOOO excited! Yes, it was …
Beloved. The address stands alone on the first line of Sunday’s reading from 2 Timothy 1. Beloved It needs no qualifier, no explanation, no direction. It simply addresses the reader as the reader is: Beloved. Yet for those who have had their hearts broken, the word Beloved, can be something of an enigma. Love, we’ve …
Sooooo…here I am once again attempting to write for Single Mom Smiling, my blog begun in 2011. Maybe “attempting to write” should be exchanged for, “…attempting to write brazenly for Single Mom Smiling.” Let me explain… Single Mom Smiling was begun in the midst of trauma. In 2009, I was a SAHM and had just …
What do two pink lines on a home pregnancy test mean in a post Roe v Wade world? I celebrated our Constitution and renewed hope for the unborn and their parents this weekend, but triggering events can cause us to re-examine our own experiences. For me, last week’s SCOTUS decision was a triggering event. I …
This week we celebrated Ascension Thursday. It is the day Christians celebrate the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. The Feast of the Ascension is not to be confused with the Feast of the Assumption, which is when My Mary was taken into Heaven. Jesus ascended by His own power. My Mary, a mere human, was …
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Palm Sunday always gets me. It’s the day Jesus rode to Jerusalem heralded by His adoring fans. People lined the streets laying palm fronds before Him the same way we lay out the red carpet before Hollywood elites today. But all that changed quickly. The people turned on Jesus. They did not simply watch the …
