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...

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...

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...

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...

It's not easy having a baby who hates being a baby. I had the gift and privilege this past weekend of attending a silent retreat-...

Congratulations to you! You have just encountered an innocent, unsuspecting pregnant woman.* What a great opportunity to unload heaps of...

Your hair tickles my face as I rock you to sleep. Your head falls heavily onto my chest and your body is curled into mine. I wrap my arms...

Finally, at nine months postpartum I can feel the fog of depression lifting and I am able to better enjoy life as a mom. We are...

Spontaneously the melody of the litany of saints entered my head and I repeated it again and again- “all you holy men and women pray for...

My dearest Josephine Marie, You are almost eight months old already! You have the softest smooth skin, wonderful wispy golden hair and...

A good friend recently shared with me this song, which she said always reminds her of me. Not only is it a refreshingly honest depiction...

Hello, my name is Melanie Gibbs and I am in love with St. Zélie Martin. I must admit I loved her from the start. The first thing I heard...

Any mom who has experienced feeding or supply issues or has had a baby fail to thrive can imagine the agony and terror of Zélie as she...