Dear God, Dearest Readers, Towards the end of the year I became busy and kept having to give up so much of my time for others. There have been claims that I have plenty of time, but truthfully I do not feel it as I feel depleted and sacrificial instead of revived and energized. Somewhere […]
August 22, 2015 Although this is Respect Life month, I wanted to flashback back to that date in particular, because something extraordinary happened on a very small scale, so much so I made a note of it on my blog. As I was driving I noticed two birds and one of them crashed to the […]
Last Friday, I had a negative experience at work with a coworker calling me untrustworthy and attacking my character. It was upsetting as the other person on our team appeared to side with this individual and did not want to deal with the fallout. The silent coworker was a close friend and it hurt me to think […]
Difficulties of Catholic Living is a feature meant to attack the problems recent converts, cradle Catholics, and critics of the faith may have. These entries are based on my own life experiences and are meant to show that you are not alone in this struggle. Being a Catholic or Protestant Christian is a beautiful thing, […]
Lately, I’ve been following the advice from a brochure I received in RCIA class called “Seven Daily Habits for Faithful Catholics.” In the interest of full disclosure, when the little pamphlet was given to me it seemed like one more tedious thing to worry about or learn, without actually being able to apply it in […]
So lately, I’ve been mesmerized by how uncivil people have become online. I don’t have a personal story of woe to share, but there have been events involving people I know personally or know simply online, which made me think about the behaviors I’ve witnessed more deeply. We have known for some time now people become […]
I was a Pro-Choice advocate for most of my life. There was a time to me when abortion rights were akin to attacking women, however, I have since come to accept the reality that the fetus is in fact, a baby. Not only a baby, but a human being, and not a clump of cells […]
One of the most frightening prospects is losing your employment due to either errors of your own or a miscommunication, which puts you in a negative light. You may be unfairly blamed for some action, which you are completely innocent of due to mismanagement. I understand. Losing a job, not knowing where your next paycheck […]
Based on the title I should add, “And I Hate It.” I have no excuse for the sins I struggle with to be quite frank with you. Perhaps the only commentary I can add is that so much of our culture normalizes egregious behavior that even the smaller things seem not to be “so bad” […]