Reflection “Do small things with great love.” This phrase seemed contradictory to me when I first read it. How can I do small things with great love? If the “doing” is small, how can the effect be great in love? Well, as a daughter, sister, girlfriend, student, and midshipman, I began to reflect on how …
God speaks to us through our Children
My kids and their current phases Gabriel- All the questions! My son is going through the phase of asking a ton of questions All. Day. Long. “Mama, what’s this called? Why did you say ‘insert phrase’? What’s your name? What does ‘insert word here’ mean?” Who else has kids that are going through this phase? …
Friday Features Guest #11: Greg Perea
Hello!My name is Greg. I am a Catholic School, Health and Nutrition Enthusiast and founder of His Glory Co.I believe I live out “Do small things with great love” in a variety of ways. Family Life: As a husband and father, everything I do, I do out of love for my wife and our son. From …
Friday Features: Guest #10- Laura Aydlette (My sister)
What does the phrase “do small things with great love” mean to you? I am a mom of three kids. My days include changing diapers, being the tickle monster, refereeing fights, school drop-offs and pick-ups, and hunting down the best playgrounds within driving distance. I am also a full time grad student. During my days …
Just Keep Smiling
Mother Teresa’s Humility Do you remember Dory’s song in Finding Nemo? “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming, what do we do we swim, swim, swim.” That is what was going through my head when I came up with the title of this post. But instead of swimming, I use the …
Friday Features: Guest #9- Chloe Duffy (My Cousin)
When Michelle first asked me to write a little bit about what “do small things with great love” means to me, I was happily surprised. That quote means a lot to me, and I actually have a similar quote from Mother Teresa “do ordinary things with extraordinary love” in my bio on my Instagram because …
“Look at Me!”
Distracted thoughts and Interruptions I wake up to hear the kids are up again. I drag my feet out of bed, hop into the shower and get ready for the day. I come out and Shiloh is cooing. I carry some things upstairs and then come back down to bring her up. I clean the …
Friday Features Guest #8: Elizabeth OKeefe
a “ Do sm(all) things with ^ great love” = God “Do ALL things with a GREAT God” As I reflected on Mother’s Teresa’s famous quote, I found myself staring at the words and pondering what they really meant. For I am a word-girl, meaning I often think I know what a …
Friday Features Guest 7: Olivia McCarthy
I love the word Fiat. I love the promise of the YES that rocked the world as our Savior became incarnate. There is so much beauty in the BIG yes that God calls us to- the vocation, the lifestyle, the big picture- of course all that is included in the idea of Fiat. But over …
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day
May 5, 2021 Did you know that today is maternal mental health day? I never realized it until my therapist told me about it a few sessions ago. She knows I like to write and encouraged me to share something on it and my experience with PPD. This is not my usual type of post …