The Among the Lilies Blog

I'm sure many of you have been hearing a lot about the Lindsay Clancy trial. I don't want to get too deeply into the details of the case, but so much surrounding it is disturbing and heartbreaking, and I wanted to share the response of a normal, real woman and mother....

Perspective Changes Everything Have you ever looked back on a difficult season only to discover that someone else experienced it completely differently? Recently, I was reminiscing with my children about some of their favorite family memories. They enthusiastically...

Motherhood & the Mystery of the Cross In this episode I'm on the Logos Podcast, Fr. Max and Fr. Joseph sit down with me for a conversation on motherhood, spiritual warfare, and the deeper meaning of sacrifice. Drawing from my own life as a wife and mother, I...

Are you having a Lenty Lent? It may feel like your failing or things are going wrong, but maybe you are right where the Lord wants you. Its just a bit of pain from the composting process of our souls. Lent is not a gloomy interruption of life. It is the Church handing...