Motherhood
This piece posted originally on the Catholic Beer Club blog on November 7, 2017. While in graduate school, I worked as a doula for teenage girls at a local pregnancy center. Most, but not all, of these women were first time moms, without a supportive father in the picture—and very often without a supportive family member of any […]
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(This is a real time conversation in my head that began on Good Friday and continues inconveniently and honestly, into the Easter season). Connecting with Scripture A wise woman I know leads Advent retreats in which she invites retreatants to imagine the role that they might play in the nativity story and anything is fair game– […]
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(To be used at a shower, or as a stand alone blessing ritual). In You, O God rests our hope for answered prayers. In You Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel and Hannah entrusted the futures of their families, and You answered them— In ’round about, unforeseen, surprising and long-awaited, comings. Blessed be the longing that brought ___ […]
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