“When the days feel long and your patience is wearing thin, just remember that you’re doing God’s work. You are raising and caring for His Children.”

In November of 2020 I birthed my first baby by c-section. The world would come to know him as Cormac Joseph. After 10 weeks of maternity leave, I returned to work and slowly adjusted to life’s new normal routine. Day after day after day passed with me in my new role of Mama (in addition to Wife of Paul and Dog-Mom to our Chihuahua and German Shepherd). I loved my little family so much yet I couldn’t help but feel like something was missing… like I was missing part of a bigger picture in life that nothing yet had seemed to fill.

The next morning after a family member’s wedding party in Des Moines, my mother-in-law reminded me that their home parish would be starting up classes for the year for any adults interested in becoming Catholic. I can thank my parents for baptizing me as an infant but beyond a few Christmas masses and a first communion, I was starting at what seemed like square one in terms of my faith.

When you look back at moments gone by and realize how often the Lord was in pursuit of your heart, it’s truly an overwhelming feeling of being so thankful that He had loved you all along <3

I spent every Sunday evening from September thru April in the church basement with a handful of normal people like me who shared the same desire of being Confirmed and starting their Catholic journey. Without getting too mushy here, I’ll just tell you what you already know is coming… making the decision to sign up for and participate in RCIA was the best decision I have EVER made for myself. You ever find yourself wondering, “what’s the bigger picture?” or “what is my purpose here?”. The world would have you believe that your purpose in life is to pursue any and every selfish desire of your heart … obtaining these will surely fill you up with unending happiness and satisfaction, right??

Fast forward a couple years and another baby later – I’m perched at my kitchen table during nap times trying to figure out how in the world to format and edit a blog website for fine people such as yourself. A purpose? I have found mine in this life. Those two beautiful babies that the Lord has chosen to bless my family with deserve my entire heart and so much more than this world offers. I will do my part in spreading love of the Lord to as many brothers and sisters as I can reach. Let’s put our trust and love back into the Lord and keep our families focused on faith and traditional values in a world that seems to have so very little to offer at the moment. So if you, too, are tired, stay a while and rest.

Let us bring back the importance of teachings in the home: to respect human life at all its stages, to read the Bible, to pray with your spouse and children every day, and to always be working on the personal relationship between you and the Lord.

Let us start here – in our homes.