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Come join in the new conversation at "How-To" Marriage, a new website curated by a SAHM/Homeschooling mom that is being launched today!

Why did YOU get married? How do we support marriage and those trying to make it work in a society that is selfish? PLEASE come chime in! Kate Wicker has also contributed articles to the site! Come see!

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Maybe its having a 3rd child that is incredibly cute.  I don't know.  Lately, I've had more women open up to me that they would like another child/more children but that their spouse does not want any.

This goes for Catholic and non-Catholic women, alike.  And the majority of them do not have husbands 'unselfishly' getting a vasectomy.  Oh no, they are the ones on some sort of pill or implant.  They are the ones dealing with the side effects.  Some have been told they should…

It's funny how a voluntary action such as breathing can become a focus for me but it's true....breathe Tonya, breathe...is a constant these days. With the overwhelming ever present thoughts of another deployment (1 year later from returning from deployment) and homeschooling, 4 kids and being in a big city (to which I haven't yet found my comfy place) I am at that place.......God are you with me? God can I do this, again? God I beg for your peace and strength to do this and keep my head…

The Among Women podcast celebrates the beauty and grace of Catholic faith and life from a women's perspective.  With about 100 episodes, we've covered many topics that affect a woman's Christian life.

We've discussed prayer, marriage, parenting, moving, catechizing, living the liturgical year, the rosary, bible reading, adoration and other spiritual devotions. We tackled the tough problems of recovery from grief related to abortion, surviving sexual or verbal abuse, living…

Dear Ladies,

I write to you with great news!  Three things have contributed to my increased calm and patience in our home.  1) I have been working on my anger management issues through prayer about the specific problem area with the child, regular journaling/reflecting about how I handle the problem area and then practicing the improved way of parenting that I've deducted from the former. (I try to journal at the end of the day about how the day with the kids went well or…

And my husband is only half joking when he says I am open to life for the 2 day vacation, er, hospital stay, I get with a new baby. 

I don't recall my mother or grandmother ever leaving us with dad to spend 2 hours at the local Starbucks.  I do not remember aunts and mom going on that monthly 'night out' .  My siblings and I never were in childcare while mom met weekly with others like her at church.  These ladies - for lack of 'liberated husbands' and money - did not have…

A Not So Little Hand In Mine…

I have big family envy.

That probably sounds crazy but it’s true. I see a family of six, seven or eight kids and all I can think about is how I wish my family were that big. I long for a super-size family.

Unfortunately, the ideas I had for my life haven’t worked out the way I planned. After having two beautiful, healthy children my husband and I suffered fertility problems. Our next two pregnancies ended with stillborn daughters.

A variety of doctors gave us few…

Here is a coloring page just in time for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter!  It is based on Perugino’s “Christ Delivering the Keys to St. Peter.”  Here is it:

Here the full screen link on…

No, not really.  We are not even sure that the relic contained within an awesome structure built by Bernini and located at St. Peter’s…

Adam and *his* baby girl, Sophie. Waiting outside of a Tulsa Courtroom on Sophie's Adoption Day!  For more of our story, you can check out my blog- http://mycatholicfamily.blogspot.com/2011/02/please-help.html



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