It Does Require Sacrifice
“Your vocation is to be a wife and a mother.” I read and re-read my grand-aunt’s letter to me. She was a holy, elderly Carmelite nun who had given me a one-on-one retreat a couple of weeks before my...
View ArticleHealing after an Abortion
Mine is a story of the great compassion, forgiveness and healing I have received through the Catholic Church. For those who say that the Catholic Church is waging a war on women, I say, “read on.” I...
View ArticleDreaming of my Daughter
I was 24 years old, performing at a dinner theater. I had a graduate degree and a whole life ahead of me with aspirations of becoming an actress. That summer I was free as a bird and full of high hopes...
View ArticleI wasn’t capable of getting past this pain
It is difficult to write this story, though the words have been ingrained in my mind and heart for a very long time. No woman ever gets over the loss of her child, does she? I was all of twenty-three...
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There are Roses in my Soul
My husband can attest to the fact that I haven’t a single green appendage, i.e. green thumb; however, I’ve planted rose bushes at every house we’ve shared. Planting them was easy, but the rest I left...
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