Five years ago I ventured into the blogging world and hit publish to my very first post for Easter Sunday. That year, we were deep in grief. We had just lost our sixth baby, Nathanael Patrick. To say I was devastated would have been an understatement. Just when I thought my heart couldn’t take any more heartbreak, we experienced yet Continue Reading →
Back in February I saw lots of posts of #shareyourlove on instagram. I was intrigued and somewhat interested to share ours, but never got around to it. Then last week it dawned on me that this Sunday marks eleven years since Rex popped the question. Yup, he proposed on Easter Sunday which was also on April 12 that year. So Continue Reading →
It seems like we are in the exact same place that we have been since grief first entered our lives nearly five years ago but that’s not entirely true. It is similar but different because with each new life is a person – an unrepeatable, unique person – with a story to share. Similar to my struggle to write about Continue Reading →
Where do I even begin? There isn’t a perfect starting point, so I’ll just jump right in. I have written, deleted and rewritten this blog countless times and still can’t seem to find the right words to translate what my heart is going through. I’m at a loss for words. It is a never-ending, short-lived springboard of emotions that are Continue Reading →
Catholics have been celebrating Divine Mercy Sunday on the second Sunday of Easter since the canonization of Sr. Faustina in the year 2000 by Pope John Paul II. The image of the Divine Mercy revealed to St. Faustina represents the Risen Christ’s mercy and grace for the whole world. “The two rays,’ Jesus Himself explained to St. Faustina, “represent blood Continue Reading →