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The Call of Sorrow The first time I met death, it was small enough to fit in my hands. I was in middle school, playing outside of our house, when I came upon a baby bird on the ground. It was so incredibly small—matchstick bones, feathers as fragile as glass. I searched all around for […]
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I grew up not too far from a water park, and we’d go at least once every summer. As a kid, I always enjoyed being in the wave pool. If you’ve never been in one, picture a hundred people bobbing in place while artificial waves churn for a few minutes at a time. It includes […]
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I grew up not too far from a water park, and we’d go at least once every summer. As a kid, I always enjoyed being in the wave pool. If you’ve never been in one, picture a hundred people bobbing in place while artificial waves churn for a few minutes at a time. It includes […]
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We're the moms behind Marian Mindset! Both of us became mothers before we felt ready for the gift of motherhood—Olivia at 17 with an unexpected pregnancy, and Hannah with surprise twins after being told she couldn’t have children. For years we struggled—yelling, threatening, and feeling like we were being punished.
But we also had the sense that motherhood wasn't meant to be like this; that God didn’t design motherhood to be a cross. Through His providence, we discovered mindset work, a practice rooted deep in Sacred Scripture and Tradition dating back to the early Church. And that work changed everything...
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