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  • Catholic Spirituality,  Easter,  feast days,  liturgical living,  motherhood,  Suffering

    A Cross of Splinters

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I was going to double down on Lent this week. I had big plans, flush with grace from surviving Palm Sunday’s armed liturgy, sweating with the exertion of having spent 90 minutes sit-stand-and kneeling + slapping palm…

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  • About Me,  advent,  birth story,  Catholic Spirituality,  pregnancy,  Suffering

    Am I not she who is your mother?

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I will never forget my labor with Genevieve, thus far my only daughter (though that title may be ceded in mere weeks now.) Partly because it was drawn out over 3 agonizingly long days of prodromal labor…

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  • mental health,  motherhood,  PPD,  pregnancy,  self care,  Suffering

    Motherhood + mental illness

    By Jenny Uebbing

    This is a tough subject to write on, but it’s probably in my top 5 most-emailed about questions/comments, so I know it’s one people are hungry to read about. There is a frustrating level of stigma and…

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  • Culture of Death,  euthanasia,  Parenting,  Pro Life,  Suffering

    Charlie Gard: martyr of the culture of death

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Sorry, is that language too strong for you? It must be the pregnancy hormones rendering me a raging, maternal she-bear grieved over the state-sanctioned murder of an innocent child. But, but, he was going to die anyway.…

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  • Abortion,  Bioethics,  Catholic Spirituality,  Catholics Do What?,  Culture of Death,  euthanasia,  guest post,  Parenting,  Pro Life,  Suffering

    On Charlie Gard

    By Jenny Uebbing

    (I’m honored to introduce today’s guest author: JD Flynn. He is a husband, a father, a canon lawyer, and a great friend.) In the middle of the night, when she was just six days old, our daughter…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  pregnancy,  reality check,  Suffering

    In which there is no hope

    By Jenny Uebbing

    “The Russians have a saying: ‘The only whole heart is a broken heart.’ And I think what they mean is that when our presumptions about ourselves, about what life means, our aspirations for self-satisfaction, our concepts of…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  prayer,  social media,  Suffering

    Drowning in plain sight

    By Jenny Uebbing

    I was texting with a friend yesterday and was honored to be trusted with a little piece of her story, a little glimpse of the heavy burden she is carrying right now. As our brief exchange came…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  deliverance,  guest post,  mental health,  PPD,  Suffering

    Two Hearts for Healing counseling (and a special giveaway)

    By Jenny Uebbing

    Today I’m honored to have my beautiful friend Karen share a little bit about the incredible work she is doing in the world of counseling and mental health. Karen and I have been dear friends since our…

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  • Catholic Spirituality,  Culture of Death,  Family Life,  mental health,  Parenting,  politics,  sin,  Suffering

    As a parent, you have one job

    By Jenny Uebbing

    (I mean, aside from the obvious keep them alive/fed/clothed and try your hardest to get them to Heaven part. Does that go without saying?) I had someone make the following bold statement to me earlier this year, and…

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  • About Me,  motherhood,  Parenting,  Suffering

    The winnowing season

    By Jenny Uebbing

    This summer has been, my recent college grad sister and I keep joking to each other, “the summer of ‘no.'” As we trudged through these past 3 hot months shoulder to shoulder, she searching for a job…

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