Please help me welcome a guest blogger today. Most of us are married, but it never hurts to remind ourselves of the where we came from as we grow and change. Sometimes we need to find those earlier parts of ourselves to make a marriage healthier and holier. So without further ado, here is Emily…
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Beadwork: The Origin of Motherhood
It hangs in the the closet, tucked in the back with all the other clothes I don’t wear anymore, flowing concert black and high school prom red… Like another of my blog friends, I, too, like to pull it out and put it on once in a while, as my mother did when we were…
Read MoreConfessions of a Wistful Romantic
I dreamed I kissed a man who was not my husband. It was one of those dreamy, romantic, revelatory kisses that squeezes your chest and leaves you breathless. It was amazing…and then horrifying. How could I face the man to whom I had promised forever? Did I really have to tell him? After all, there…
Read MoreWhat I Have Seen With My Own Eyes (a 7QT post)
Lately I’ve been enjoying the mental challenge of writing to a prompt while remaining true to my essential message. Or at least, attempting to do so. (Faithful readers, you’ve been quiet lately. I miss you! It makes me wonder if I’m not as successful as I think I am!) Anyway, Mama Kat’s Writers Workshop used…
Read MoreFiction Friday: In The Mist
Today’s “Red Writing Hood” fiction prompt was to write a scene based on a picture. I was going to include the picture, but it turns out to be rights-reserved, so I’ll send you to the original instead. Two weeks ago I introduced you to Alison, whose marriage is on shaky ground. Now we hear from her…
Read MoreA History of Anxiety: Conclusion
Part 1: Origins Part 2: The Onset of Freaking Out Part 3: Engagement I was pretty low-key about graduating with my master of music degree. I knew that now, I was going home to dive into the last three months’ worth of wedding preparations. And that was a much, much bigger deal than a…
Read MoreA History of Anxiety, Part 1: origins
For quite some time I’ve been thinking of writing a blog series about anxiety. Like infertility, the experience of prolonged, debilitating anxiety is one that really has shaped me as a person. I’m not going to do it in the intensive way I did the infertility series, but I will take some time in the…
Read MoreChores, Sex and Marriage
This is one of those days where I’m going to be very frank on a very personal topic. My reading list lately has been long on the heavy stuff—like Bad Mother, by Ayelet Waldman. This book came highly recommended by several people I respect. I’ll have more to say about it later, but today I…
Read More“I was there when you got engaged…”
It was September of 1995 when Christian appeared in my life. (Actually, that’s not entirely accurate…we did meet, sort of, three years earlier.) Newly recommitted to the faith of my childhood, I joined a choir at the Newman Center. One of the first events of that semester was a liturgy for which we joined forces…
Read MoreHow Did You Know?
“How did you know, Mom?” My mother paused in the act of shredding lettuce for salad. “How did I know what?” “How did you know Dad was the one?” …I’m guest posting today over at Catholic Mothers Online. This one is not just for Catholics. Come on over and tell me how you realized that…
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Kathleen M. Basi 