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How Traditions Shift as a Family Grows - Blessed Is She

How Traditions Shift as a Family Grows

By definition, traditions are handed-down customs, beliefs, and practices. Often, they are created, shaped, and passed down within a family, community, or religion. Traditions are important for many reasons: They...
Navigating Unmet Expectations in Motherhood - Blessed Is She

Navigating Unmet Expectations in Motherhood

A few months ago, I overheard my daughter Kristen talking over the phone with her friend. She beamed as she relayed how I had accepted her not-so-good grades with calm...
Having Another Kid Without Losing It - Blessed Is She

Having Another Kid Without Losing It

I run into many people who can’t believe I have “so many” kids. Whether at the grocery store, at the library, at church, or at public gatherings or parties, people...
The Motherhood of Mary - Blessed Is She

The Motherhood of Mary

I love this feast day that honors the Blessed Virgin Mary under the aspect of her motherhood of Jesus. By virtue of her divine motherhood, Mary has become mother of...
A Day in the Life of a Sister of Life - Blessed Is She

A Day in the Life of a Sister of Life

As I approached the steps of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, I saw white and blue fabric billowing in the wind, fabric from the habits of the Sisters...
BIS Reviews // Call the Midwife - Blessed Is She

BIS Reviews // Call the Midwife

I joined the party almost a decade late, but Call the Midwife is a BBC TV Series that you can begin now without feeling behind. The show is based on...
Saint Gerard // Relics and Redemptorists - Blessed Is She

Saint Gerard // Relics and Redemptorists

It was just a few weeks into my pregnancy and my nervous self was concerned that I hadn’t yet started feeling pregnancy nausea. “How many weeks along was I when...
How to Have Faith in the Midst of Grief - Blessed Is She

How to Have Faith in the Midst of Grief

The other day, my daughter and I were having a conversation about Heaven. She thought that everybody in Heaven were “grandmas and grandpas”, innocently assuming that people only ever died...
Uncovering the Real Meaning of My Beauty - Blessed Is She

Uncovering the Real Meaning of My Beauty

As a woman, I understand the temptation to place my value on my looks, and especially on my hair. It’s funny how a woman’s hair can become her security blanket,...
Baby Names Inspired by Saint Joseph - Blessed Is She

Baby Names Inspired by Saint Joseph

More and more the Church is coming to a deeper understanding of the irreplaceable role Saint Joseph played in the life of young Jesus. Along with this understanding has come...
Finding Peace in Back-to-School Imperfection - Blessed Is She

Finding Peace in Back-to-School Imperfection

“How was James’ first day?” I asked a friend recently. “Oh, you know, he had some trouble getting on the right bus …” she started to tell me, and then...
10 Catholic Resources for Kids - Blessed Is She

10 Catholic Resources for Kids

“Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it.” // Proverbs 22:6 “Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that...