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Weekly Wallpaper // 130 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 130

Here we are at the second week of Advent. How are you doing, sister? Emily of Emily Rachelle made the most beautiful wallpaper for us to keep our eyes on...
Home for Christmas: Reaching Out to College Students During Holiday Break - Blessed Is She

Home for Christmas: Reaching Out to College Students During Holiday Break

Having a break is absolutely wonderful and completely necessary. We tend to be very busy people, constantly filling our schedule with things to do, ways to make money, people to...
Losing + Gaining - Blessed Is She

Losing + Gaining

Nothing good comes easily. You have to lose things you thought you loved, give up things you thought you needed. You have to get over yourself, beyond your past, out...
Advent and Christmas Traditions to Start as Newlyweds - Blessed Is She

Advent and Christmas Traditions to Start as Newlyweds

My first married Christmas was the first one I had ever spent outside of my parents’ house. It was always my own bed that I woke up in far too...
Holiday Survival Tips for the Introvert - Blessed Is She

Holiday Survival Tips for the Introvert

For most of us, the words to the popular Christmas carol "It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" sum up pretty accurately how we feel about the the holiday...
Weekly Wallpaper // 129 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 129

This first week of Advent has already been so fruitful as we work through the In The Beginning journal. If you didn't snag one before we sold out, you can...
Holiday Home Decor on a Budget - Blessed Is She

Holiday Home Decor on a Budget

Every year my husband, Stephen, and I put our Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving. It is a tradition from his family we carried into our married life, because...
10 Meaningful and Stress-Free Advent Activities - Blessed Is She

10 Meaningful and Stress-Free Advent Activities

Sometimes, fully living out the season of Advent can seem like a lost cause. With Christmas decorations making an appearance in October and raging consumerism appearing everywhere you turn, it...
Service + Love - Blessed Is She

Service + Love

O Most Holy Trinity! As many times as I breathe, as many times as my heart beats, as many times as my blood pulsates through my body, so many thousand...
Heavenly Peace: Returning to the Source - Blessed Is She

Heavenly Peace: Returning to the Source

Every time we participate in Mass, our priests offer us the peace of Christ, we offer that heavenly peace back to those around us, and then we pray for peace...
Running So As to Win - Blessed Is She

Running So As to Win

Running was one of the most important things that brought me to the Catholic Church. My journey is rather unique. When I ran my first half marathon in 2011, I...
How to Pray as a Busy Family: A Beginner's Guide - Blessed Is She

How to Pray as a Busy Family: A Beginner's Guide

We all know we should be praying with our families daily. We understand the merits and fruit of the practice. But when it comes to actually doing it, many of...