Weighted Rice Blanket

Weighted Rice Blanket

I can’t tell you how many times I have heard someone say they were going to create a patting machine for their baby’s back throughout the night. Or how many times I have heard my husband say he was going to cut off his hand and leave it on our kid’s...
Why America Craves Jack Pearson

Why America Craves Jack Pearson

Despite not having a good paternal role model himself, NBC’s Jack Pearson overcomes the obstacles of his past to win every heart in his role as husband and father extraordinaire on the new drama series This Is Us. Jack is loving and kind, quiet and hardworking....
Divine Mercy Care

Divine Mercy Care

 Courtesy Architect Victor Sanz, with DMG – Draft Rendering by Hannah Weber    DIVINE MERCY CARE If you’ve been a patient of the life-affirming OB/GYN medical practice, deriving its name from the Hill of Tepeyac, where our Lady of Guadalupe appeared...
In Five Years of Marriage

In Five Years of Marriage

    To a young single person, even from the best of families, marriage can seem like an abstract concept. Commitment has barely meant more than a few years of work or school at this point, and comparatively, a lifetime commitment is certainly daunting....
A Postpartum Mary Poppins

A Postpartum Mary Poppins

Meeting the Bruderhof community was somewhat by accident really. I began working in NW DC, at a pregnancy center, and soon thereafter came to notice the oddly dressed women about the city. They ducked into homeless shelters, hospice homes, and even Christian medical...
Dear Introvert

Dear Introvert

Dear Introvert, You’re terrifying! Yes, you. To an extrovert you are terrifying. I love you, I have befriended you and married you, but that doesn’t mean I completely “get” you. Let me explain why. The world is said to be a stage; a big...