I’m a do-your-best kind of girl.  When I take on a task, I want to give it my best shot, give 110%, and go all-in. After all, my time is valuable.

Our Blessed Mother, Mary, is the perfect role model for us. Today, as the Church celebrates her birthday, let’s reflect on three of her many qualities that make her such an inspiration.

Some people set out water and beans along desert trails that migrants are known to follow as they make their dangerous crossing.

How losing my cell phone helped me realize a greater message isn’t being shared. 

Can you imagine not being afraid of anything? Sounds like it’s impossible … but is it?

I don’t transition well.

For instance, if I have a set plan in my mind, and someone walks in and announces that because of this or of that, such said plan is not possible, everything inside of me shuts down. Not forever. But long...

There is no doubt about it:  I’m a Martha. This fact is apparently so obvious that I was even given the role of Martha of Bethany years ago when I was involved with a Passion musical. Partly attributed to ADHD, I have an innate...

“Quick! Look at the water!”

I rolled my eyes. I was knee-deep in scraping dried chocolate off the floor, and the darn stuff wasn’t coming off. It was day eight of our 10-day beach trip and it had rained every day since we arrived....

Are we sometimes foolish when it comes to caring for God’s creation?

My hands clasped tightly together, I knelt at the foot of my bed in desperate prayer. I was approached by a non-religious friend who in her own way asked me how I pray, who I pray to, and why I pray.