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In the darkest times and the deepest pain, it is not uncommon to feel completely alone. It seems cruel. An order of pain with a side of loneliness. It makes one question their faith. Why would God leave us alone? Our faith tells us that God leaves us feeling alone so that we find him.…

I am watching The Bachelorette I know, why???? It’s like not wanting to look at a horror movie, but you can’t help but peek anyway. You know it’s going to be a bad “B Movie” scene only there’s something oddly compelling about it. We don’t try and understand this phenomenon. We just give into it.…

My sister and I are up late talking. I snuggle in my bed with my chocolate lab Hazel curled at my feet. I share my sense of discouragement in divorce. I tell her that three years in to this no one should have to experience this exaggerated experience. I tell her I am tired. I…

No Catholic wants to become a divorce statistic. People marry because they believe they will defy the odds. Why else would they challenge not only Catholic but overall divorce rates? They do this because they believe in true love. They believe in the Sacrament of Matrimony. They believe that God is the author of marriage…

Seems like a juicy column, right? I’m guessing my high school friends are hoping it is. The teenage years! What a ride! I knew even back then I didn’t want to grow up. Only, even I was smart enough to realize that at least in the area of relationships – I needed to! My high…

My Catholic mother wanted to teach me about love. She wanted desperately to keep her marriage together. To show me an example of beautifully, in-love parents. When it became unabashedly clear that she could not… My mother taught me a different lesson about love. In some ways, an even more remarkable love. My Mother taught…

I am proud to have grown up an Irish, Catholic. I think this is how most of us feel about our heritage and our faith. I always knew that I wanted to marry another Catholic. I remember the first column that I wrote several years ago The 3 Things That Ended My Marriage. I realized…

I chose to believe that my dad didn’t really have that large of an influence in my life. After all, he left when I was only five years old. The good news? A really great dad improves a girl’s chance of succeeding at a good relationship. The bad news? A not so great dad decreases…

Divorce a cheater and society will tell you they hate them. Divorce an addict and society will wonder how you stayed so long. Divorce an abuser and society will tell you that you should have left long ago. Divorce a narcissist and society will tell you that you are crazy. One of the greatest angsts…

When we believe people love us it stands to reason that we believe they care about us. Sadly, there are numerous ways that people who SAY they love us, SHOW us that they do not care about us. The question begs, how is that possible? How could someone who loves us not care about us?…
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