Getting Started

I have been feeling the call for several years that Jesus is asking me to write a book. Though I have always liked to write, and have dreamed of writing the next great novel since I was a kid; I am nervous that I wont live up to what Jesus is asking of me. I do trust that what He wills, He will make perfect! The Holy Spirit has been yelling at me since Christmas to get started. I have read tons of books on motherhood, housekeeping and marriage, but I am not an expert. I don't have the idealized perfect marriage (though I do feel I have a great marriage), and we are not perfect parents, but we communicate and try hard. I think that is what God asks of us, not perfection.

In this blog I will post my thoughts and ideas as often as I am able, hopefully once a day, and through this, hopefully start piecing together some chapters. I will try to limit my rants, but as anyone who knows me, knows I am good at those! I will say, it feels and looks awesome to finally see the title in print! Some chapters will be

• Marriage according to the Church
• The Marriage Vocation
• A Husbands Priorities
• A Wife's Priorities
• Children
• Your Marriage & Your Community

I know there is more, but this is what I have so far. I have debated hard on the title, whether or not to include the word Catholic. But since it is such a part of who I am, and so much of my little ways. I don't want to exclude Protestants, cause I do believe they will get much out of this as well, but without being in full union with the Church, much will be over their heads, or dismissed as unimportant. As someone who grew up a believer in the Methodist, Presbyterian churches, I know first hand that I didn't TRULY know God till I became a Catholic.

How wonderful the feeling in your heart when you finally start trusting God in a large matter, and take that first leap while holding tightly to His hand!