Just under two months ago, our little family grew by one as our little Zelie Rose arrived on the scene. With dark hair and brilliant blue...

Anyone who has perused this little blog of mine will be well acquainted with the many struggles I experienced in my transition into...

Although I haven't done much writing this summer, I was excited to be a guest speaker for several episodes of 3W Medical for Women's...

Learn the secret to graceful, stress free parenting while remaining at home with your little ones. There is no secret. Parenting is...

From my spot in the couch corner, Coffee in hand, book abandoned beside me, I watch her world unfurl. Blocks tower into skyscraper cities...

We are coming to the end of what has probably been the best summer of my life. Of course, it is hard to compare the bustling,...

Long before getting pregnant with Josephine, I had identified mothers in my community that I admired. It took me a while to pinpoint this...

Raising a family truly takes a village, not just to bring up happy children, but to maintain the sanity of their parents. Though this old...

It has been three weeks since my last post and even longer since I wrote about my plan to blow up the log jam by addressing every...

I have had the pleasure these past few weeks of watching my sweet little one year old learn how to walk. Though she has been cruising...

Let me just say that again, loud and clear, for those in the back: parenting styles suck! They are the worst plague to afflict modern...

Oh, how I loathe that banal platitude, "everything happens for a reason". It is one of those things that you say when you don't know what...

Snowmageddon has descended upon the Seattle area, which is both a beautiful thing (hooray, snow!) and a stifling thing. Those battling...

Looking back with appreciation and regret at the end of the milk saga. Well folks, our little baby girl is now a toddler. Sure, she has...

With my daughter's first birthday fast approaching, I have been thinking a lot about her dramatic entry into the world. Since I have...

Merry Christmas to all of our Christian brothers and sisters who celebrate today in accordance with the Julian calendar. Among these...

I'm just going to say it- 2018 was a no-good-very-bad year. I know that sounds terrible since that was the year my sweet daughter was...

On New Year's Day of 1863, St. Zélie wrote to her brother Isidore about how glad she was for her vocation of marriage, despite her desire...

The world is in such need of children. Who that follows the news to any extent can deny it? The adult world of political chaos, church...

Why is it that St. Zélie Martin and her family stand out as such a wonderful example of holiness for modern families? I believe it is...