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God’s Bride

Just recently I listened to a podcast that had me doing a lot of questioning and thinking about going to mass, listening to the gospel and needing it to always feed me. It was a very interesting perspective that really pushed me to think. In this podcast Dr. Bob Barnes talks about a situation in which he tells a friend that he didn’t feel like the pastor of their church was feeding him anymore. His friend response was, “Maybe it’s about time you get out of the high chair and start feeding yourself.” This was very eye opening for me because there are times I have felt this way. When maybe the point wasn’t for me to be needing to be served but the other way around. The church is God’s bride. The love that God has for His bride is something to be revered. In this place you truly disconnect from the world and spend time in His love with your family and community. As for me I know for sure there have been times that I go to church and do not get much out of it, but…

The Highs and Lows of Parenting

Motherhood with a toddler has been more than exhausting lately. Our youngest is 2 and has been throwing temper tantrums, challenging every thing we ask her to do, and is determined to do exactly what she wants to do when she wants to do it. Then you can throw in a back-talking, sassy and strong willed eight year old that is going on sixteen, and our five year old who is so exhausted from school she can’t even think straight, and all these things make for a constant struggle bus. These seasons of motherhood are beyond exhausting and so difficult. It is so hard to not the difficult things define your days. It is so hard to remember God’s grace and to show that grace to our children. Some days there is not enough time in the day or enough coffee, praying and wine. Lol. “Discipline is an act of love. Discipline can be positive.”- Dr. Meg Meeker One of the biggest struggles I have is discipline and doing it in a way that teaches them. So many times my beautiful, wonderful children push my buttons in all the wrong ways. They know…