What Motherhood Takes From Us (And What It Gives Back)
A reflection on identity, creativity, purpose, and the often-unspoken realities of motherhood, inspired by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s reflections on motherhood and creativity.
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We Say We Want Better Men.
We say we want better men. But are we willing to raise boys differently?
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Natural Family Planning (NFP), What is it?
Usccb says “Natural Family Planning (NFP) is the general title for the scientific, natural, and moral methods of family planning that can help married couples either achieve or postpone pregnancies. NFP methods are based on the observation of the naturally occurring signs and symptoms of the fertile and infertile phases of a woman’s menstrual cycle….
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Finding The Balance
How do you explain to people that you’re a big picture person, but also care a halluva lots about the tiny microscopic details? Asking cause it’s exhausting… so, whose actually figured out how to “balance” it all out? Anyway, in the last almost 3 years I’ve learned a lot about my desire to control my…
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Marriage Truth
As a society, we’re very desperate to believe that love works and that marriage work. That’s why we uphold couples that appear to have such a “healthy” marriage. Nevermind that we don’t get to see the difficult times and the ugly truths. We prefer to measure their relationship by the length of time because we’ve…
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A Woman: Without her, Man is Nothing
Click for Podcast Episode Hi, fam! Today’s episode is all about reminding you ladies about your worth! I hope this episode inspires you to live in your truth and to remember that you’re worthy of being loved, you’re worthy of belonging and that you’re worthy of a healthy relationship. I know it’s difficult to remember…
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Dear World: Race Issues In 2020
PODCAST Hello friends, In today’s episode, I talk about the issues we’re currently facing as a nation right now in 2020. Amidst the protest, the killing, and the outcries I wanted to bare my heart to you all on how I’m handling it and give you guys the space to speak your mind, ask questions…
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Dear Exes: How I Really Feel About Exes
https://anchor.fm/purposefully-loved/embed/episodes/Dear-Exes-How-I-Really-Feel-About-Exes-eea502 https://anchor.fm/purposefully-loved Today’s episode is one that is close to my heart! Today I share with you what I really think of your exe. Yes, I said your ex. I know, it’s crazy to share my thoughts especially since I don’t know your ex. But hear me out anyway! I promise that you’ll walk away…
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Babies R US: Why Bring Children Into an Uncertain and Broken World?
Babies R US: Why Bring Children Into an Uncertain and Broken World? Listen to the Podcast Here! Happy good morning/afternoon/evening, I hope and pray you’re in good health. In today’s episode, I thought it fitting to talk about babies! I realized that there are so many parents and expecting parents at this time. So, for…
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Reflections While Social Distancing
Happy good morning/afternoon, I hope everyone’s safe and sound. It’s been a reflective time in our household. By now we all pretty much know the schedule for EWTN. I wanted to share two things I’ve been reflecting on since 6am today. The first is the prayer of Sir Thomas More, : “Give us, Lord, a…
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“Christ Shield Me Today”
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! In honor of St. Patrick and the times we are in right now, I’m sharing this prayer by St. Patrick. I pray that it might strengthen and encourage you in this difficult times. I bind unto myself todayThe strong Name of the Trinity,By invocation of the same,The Three in One and One…
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Do You Even Lent?: Lenten Season in the Catholic Church
Do You Even Lent?: Lenten Season in the Catholic Church (CLICK THIS LINK) Hey there! In this episode, I talk about all things Lenten Season in the Catholic church. From what is Lent to what do Catholics eat and not eat during this season of fasting, prayer, and penitence. I talk about giving up something…
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12 Years Later…
So, if you’ve read any of my posts you know a bit about my background and my upbringing. It’s not the most smooth transition. My life, like the life of so many others, hasn’t been full of linear events. It’s been like a rollercoaster or like mountain tops. Some events so much more massive and…
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Marriage II: What We Now Know
Marriage II: What We Now Know Join my husband and I as we share with you some of the stories about our upbringing, and how it has shaped us and our expectations coming into our marriage. We talk about our experience going through pre-marriage counseling before our wedding and why we love pre-marriage counseling as…
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Guys and Gals: Who is to Blame?
Hi there! In today’s episode, we talk about the LGBTQIA community, why it seems guys always seem to be blamed for so much, and more. This topic touches on so much that my husband and I feel is not talked about at all/enough. We talk about masculinity and feminity and why this is a topic…
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Marriage is A LOT!
Marriage is A LOT.That’s not a bad thing though. The things in our lives that are a lot are usually the things that last the longest and are worth every moment. As Christians, we know when it comes to marriage it’s more than the wedding, the big gown, the number of bridesmaids, and the number…
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The Symphony of Pain
As I try to wrap my mind around my uncle’s second stroke these lyrics are literally helping me keep it all together. It just might be the hardest thing I’ve ever done … To hold it together when it feels like it’s all falling from under me. Believe me, I have done it before, but…
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Marriage Fixes Everything
You’re probably laughing to yourself, and thinking, ‘um, no it doesn’t’! Well, you might be right about that, but you might also be kind of wrong about that. Marriage, on it’s own doesn’t fix anything. You can treat your marriage as a contract between two people or you can treat it as a covenant and…
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Living on a Loan
I’ve been living my life on a loan ever since I was wee little cells in my mother’s body. Yeah, this story isn’t about finances. Believe me, you don’t want financial advice from me! I’m not great at it! However, I can tell you a bit about living on a loan because I have done…
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I Hate this Most About Being Married
My husband and I are NOT the same, but we became one in matrimony. He and I are like combining lemon, and lime, and saying that’s one fruit. Yes, we’re both citrusy BUT I’m a lime, and he is a lemon. Limes are green, and smaller, whereas lemons are yellow and big. Don’t even get…
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Conceived out of Wedlock
Unpopular opinion, but children deserve stability. They deserve a home. Coming from someone who had neither I can tell you it makes a world of a difference. That’s why I truly believe in having children in the bound of marriage, and not outside of marriage. There’s a reason why God calls couples who have taken…
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Not in This House…
This structure annoys me a lot more than it should. This would work great in an ideal world, but in today’s world, it leaves most households miserable because ego is a thing, and people aren’t perfect. We live in a broken world so let’s not pretend this structure works for all of us. What God…
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Don’t Get Married
Yep, I said it. Sorry, not sorry, but someone had to say it! There’s this unspoken reality about marriage that many people don’t talk about. As a Christian and a Catholic, I’m supposed to be all for marriage for everyone, BUT I’m not. I’m really not! I don’t believe that marriage is for everyone. It…
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Not Accidental
I think one thing that is clear to me by now is that my story isn’t one with lots of flowers and sparkles, and I’m completely fine with that. Know why? It’s because I’ve worked hard to be the person I’m today. It’s because I know there’s nothing in the universe that happens by accident….
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Dear Mom,
I was too young and naive to understand, and to this day, part of me is still too young, and naive to understand. I will never understand how you did it, but I will spend the rest of my life being thankful that you did. I will also spend part of the rest of my…
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No Babies …
For now! I’ve always found it so odd when couples get married, and then everyone starts asking them when they’re planning on having kids. Um, let them enjoy being married first? Right? Anyways… Personally, I don’t believe in having children before marriage (if you’ve read my other blog posts you’ll know that I was born…
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Yep, I’m That Girl …
So, yeah, I’m that girl who has looked up schools. That girl who has Google docs with steps and things to get done before having children. I’m that girl who wants to ensure my children have the best chance at life. So much so that I have a five-year plan that leads right up to…
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Broken but Intentional in My Brokenness
I’m that woman who is planning to have an intentional pregnancy. Because of my parents, I’m that girl who wants to make sure my children know that they’re wanted. One day you wake up and realize you’ve been the most authentic you’ve ever been. Not because you wanted to be, but because it was expected…
