Don't tell me not to pray for Beirut.Don't. As all lebanese descendents, on the 4th of August 2020 I woke up with the news of a massive explosion happening in Beirut, Lebanon. While my kids were playing with their toys and my TV was playing some nursery rhymes in the background, I was there, sitting… Continue reading Beirut in my heart
Online Mass
Once again, thanks to the new outbreak of Covid19 restrictions were enforced to all of us to basically stay home and not leave, and, once again, us Catholics were deprived of our visits to our Church. When the Pandemic started in 2020 Churches all around the world stepped up and activated their resources and thanks… Continue reading Online Mass
Pray Constantly For Lebanon
As all lebanese descendents, on the 4th of August 2020 I woke up with the news of a massive explosion happening in Beirut, Lebanon. While my kids were playing with their toys and my TV was playing some nursery rhymes in the background, I was at home, sitting down looking at the videos and images… Continue reading Pray Constantly For Lebanon
Dear God
https://instagram.com/thankful.art?utm_medium=copy_link Dear God, I am tired. I know... you've heard this before so many times. I know it's being a while since the last time I prayed to You praising You, thanking You... All my prayers (if any at all) are short and angry or short and sad or just short... just saying: "God!!!!"... But… Continue reading Dear God
A Bunny
Look at that!Your safety Plush Toyhas landed into rest.You said "I don't need it"and my heart started to ache. Do you know how many timeswe've tried to de-attach youfrom this broken and fainted bunny?so many times! It was so funny!Her eyes were stitched up.The nose, well, not there anymore.The pink colour has fadedinto a weird… Continue reading A Bunny
One Year of Maronite Mum
What a year it has been! 365 days has already passed. Sharing stories, posts, novenas. Exchanging information, learning our faith and even finding out that there IS a village of Maronite Catholic Mums out there worldwide struggling with the same things that we might think mundane or insignificant. I created Maronite Mum as a mechanism… Continue reading One Year of Maronite Mum
Back to Church
You did it!I did it! We did it! We took our children to Church today! https://instagram.com/daltondesenho?utm_medium=copy_link by Dalton Junior How beautiful it was to hear their crying! To see them walking everywhere. When one quieted down, another cry was heard in the backround. You could see a father with a child going out, and another… Continue reading Back to Church
The Reality of Life
Dear husband, I was going to write about how much I love you, and how much you make me laugh when I'm feeling sad, and how much love I see from you in the little things you do in our daily life. I was going to write about how in 5 years we managed to… Continue reading The Reality of Life
Saint Gianna, A Saint For Mothers
Saint Gianna is known to be the Patron of Mothers, Physicians, and Unborn Children. But, little is known that you have a friend in her. A sister as a matter of fact. She is very well known to assist and intercede for women trying to conceive and even for women with complicated pregnancies. It is… Continue reading Saint Gianna, A Saint For Mothers
Children at Church
I can sit here and start writing chronicles on how hard it was to achieve my obligatory attendance to Church on the most important week of the Liturgical Calendar. I can sit here and complain about the 5 laps we needed to do to find parking and all the stress that each lap brought to… Continue reading Children at Church
First Day of School
First Day of Preschool She was running through the door excited at the fact that she was starting school (preschool actually). She told her sister that she was going to school but that she couldn't go with her because she was not big yet. I sighed wondering if she will adapt well since she has… Continue reading First Day of School
