The Ordinary Romance of Marriage
It was a Saturday evening not too long ago. I was getting ready to go out with my girlfriends. We were going to a nice dinner at a swanky restaurant...
The Five Love Languages
Three Words: Happy Valentine’s Day! (You do know it's tomorrow, right?) Another three words: Five Love Languages The last set of three words: I love you. Pondering these sets of...
Who's on First in a Marriage Vocation?
I once asked a priest, “If we are called to total unity with God and, yet, a person is called to unity with a spouse, is total unity with God...
Embracing the Cross: When NFP is a Struggle
The first brochures my then-fiance and I received pertaining to Natural Family Planning featured images of couples holding hands, embracing, and walking through a field of sunflowers, looking simply joyful....
How to Make an End-of-Year Retreat
For the last couple of years during the holiday season, my husband and I have carved out time away from our kids and normal routine for an “end-of-year retreat.” Maybe...
Grieving Together: A Couple’s Journey through Miscarriage
I was alone. I did not know about the blogs or books available. My closest friends were still single. The only person I knew who had had a miscarriage what...
A Marriage Blessing
It all started when my grandma came home from Rome a few summers ago. She said, “Oh Honey! There were all these couples in their wedding attire meeting the Pope....
Why I Don't Use Contraception (and the Benefits of NFP)
The Church teaches us how to be good, holy, and loving. She allows us to grow in our relationship with Christ and one another. As a part of this mission,...
3 Ways to Pray with Your Boyfriend, Fiancé, or Husband
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them. -Matthew 18:20 We are all called to take time out of our...
St. John Chrysostom: The Best and Worst Idea
How romantic, I remember thinking. Getting engaged on the heels of a charity bike ride, in front of the chapel where we’d walked on our first date... How memorable. And...
15 Minutes a Day: Cultivating Our Passions
When my daughter, Holly, was about two years old, we were sitting on the carpet drawing with crayons on a jumbo drawing pad. She was an avid Frozen fan, so...
3 Strikes: Rejoice, Be Patient, Pray
I naively thought when you graduate college, get a job and find your spouse, that you were living out God’s will and all would be relatively fine. As we all...
