We Contracepted – I Was Ignorant
I am a cradle Catholic, from a large family in the mid-west. I grew up going to church on Sundays, CCD classes once a week, and confession once in a blue moon. We were one of the only big families...
View ArticleGod is so Kind, so Generous and Merciful
My husband and I were Evangelical Protestants. We used contraception for the first years of our marriage. That was, we believed at the time, the most responsible thing to do. We were taught not to...
View ArticleHealing and Purifying my Past
I have been married for over 20 years. Before I married, I engaged in premarital sex. I was shy and didn’t know how to talk to guys, so I ended up drinking to get over that and that led to a lot of...
View ArticleI wasn’t capable of getting past this pain
It is difficult to write this story, though the words have been ingrained in my mind and heart for a very long time. No woman ever gets over the loss of her child, does she? I was all of twenty-three...
View ArticleVasectomy, Reversal and Reversion
Sometimes when I think of my life and where we’ve been I think – awesome, crazy and wow! With the announcement that we were expecting number 4, people mostly responded with a “that’s AWESOME that you...
View ArticleUnequally Yoked
When my husband and I got married we were both Catholic, but we weren’t fully practicing the faith. Not only were we not well formed, we didn’t know it. My husband and I went to Mass on Sunday...
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