• Faith - Motherhood

    Maeve’s Naming Story

    As with all of our children, it took a little extra time to decide upon Maeve’s name. I guess that’s what happens when you have two opinionated people trying to agree on a title someone will be saddled with for the majority of their life. Admittedly, all of their names…

  • Motherhood

    Two, Too Wonderful

    My little Moira is 6 months old today, and I suppose that warrants an update. The last 6 months have been wonderfully busy as we’ve learned to operate as a family of four. It’s funny to think that she was born only 6 months ago — I feel like I’ve…

  • Motherhood

    Magnificat for Moira

    Every once in a while, I feel inspired enough to write poetry. It hasn’t been much lately (my creative inspiration goes to other worthy outlets), but after Moira was born, I found several lines running through my head. A song from preschool days kept popping into my thoughts (which, as…

  • Faith - Motherhood

    Baby Envy

    Well, that might seem like an odd post title from a woman who is now nearly 9 months pregnant, but this time last year I was NOT pregnant, and I just wanted to take note of the shift in my mentality since then. Last Fall we were able to have…