Finding Peace in Rough Seas: Turning to Faith in Times of Personal Crisis
When I was 15 years old, my father took my cousin and me on a deep-sea fishing trip. The captain of the 60-foot-long charter boat…
When I was 15 years old, my father took my cousin and me on a deep-sea fishing trip. The captain of the 60-foot-long charter boat…
I had never so much understood the waiting of Advent until the due date for my baby boy started rapidly approaching. My belly was huge;…
When two lines appeared on the pregnancy test, I expected strange cravings and nausea, I anticipated gaining weight, and I waited excitedly to feel those…
My best friend, Sara, visited this past weekend, and I could not have been happier to see her in person. Since graduating high school, we’ve…
Last Friday, amidst early morning preparations to get The Dude (i.e. our 5-year-old son who, to this point, has been known to Convert-sation readers as…
This Advent, I am remembering how I came to love (really love) Our Lady. I am remembering an Advent about five years ago when a…
Like any young couple with a growing family, Brandon and I have been discerning and having monthly conversations about when we should have our next…
Childbearing outside marriage is on the rise, with some 40% of all births to unwed mothers. And more than half of unplanned pregnancies occur among…
When I think of feeling free, I see the stereotypical scenes of me on a beach somewhere, enjoying a drink with a little umbrella in…
Our baby is due mid-February and in last week’s post I wrote about how our health insurance plan does not cover maternity care. In fact,…