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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is web editor of Faith & Family Live! and senior editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is author of My Cup of Tea: Musings of...
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and together they are the parents of five lively boys. Besides being a mom, she is also a writer and a newspaper columnist for...
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com, a Catholic web site focusing on the Catholic faith, Catholic parenting and family life, and Catholic cultural...
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher has been blogging since 2004. She lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan, their toddler daughter Camilla, and their baby son Blaise....
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti has been married to Dennis for 15 years, with four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin...
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Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC

Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC
Sr. Patricia is a Poor Clare nun living in community at the Poor Clare Monastery in Spokane Washington. She is a best-selling author of the "101 Inspirational Stories"...
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Sarah Reinhard

Sarah Reinhard
If Sarah Reinhard isn’t off hiding somewhere with a good book, chances are she’s chasing a toddler or a Jack Russell terrier (or sleeping, because every mom...
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Christmas-Proof Your Marriage

Don't take the holidays out on your husband

Shopping, wrapping, decorating, planning, shipping, baking, cleaning, and just plain keeping a smile on your face while your children indulge in candy cane highs and eggnog tantrums ...

Are you stressed yet? Are you exhausted yet? Have you snapped at your husband yet?

Early on in my married life, I realized the special kind of stress the holiday season can put on a marriage.

We each come into a marriage... READ MORE 


Dad Not Home?

Getting through it

One of the areas in which our family is incredibly fortunate is my husband’s job.

He is well-compensated for work he finds both stimulating and enjoyable, his commute is a mere fifteen minutes, he has flexible hours, and he rarely has to work more than forty of them in a week.

I discovered recently that I have not been properly appreciating the last part of that deal.

Bryan’s team is working on a... READ MORE 


God Is Stronger Than Cancer

Faith and Fervor Helped One Mother Overcome Fear

By Margaret Berns


When Tina Robbins was diagnosed with co­ lon cancer in the spring of 2006, she didn’t feel afraid or angry. She felt ready to suffer well.

She did not know at that point how very hard it all would be.

The 41-year-old wife and mother of five from Bloomington, Minn., admits, “I thought, ‘Oh, God’s giving me this opportunity to suffer to save souls.’ Well, I was all on board. I’m... READ MORE 


St. Thomas Aquinas’ Chill-Out and Cheer-Up

5-Step Guide To Stress Relief — Advice from the Angelic Doctor Phil

Stress. It’s that mix of anxiety, worry, and frustration, with perhaps a small helping of depression thrown in — and it has been around since the Fall of man.

St. Thomas Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church and perhaps the greatest thinker the world has ever known, had something to say on just about every topic that might help us better understand both God and ourselves. In Part II of his masterwork, the... READ MORE 


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