Retreat Weekend Recap

As some of you know, I was fortunate enough to go on a women's retreat this past weekend.  I made every effort to go in with no expectations - I didn't want a preconceived notion of what I wanted to happen in the event that it was very different than I anticipated.  Without going into every detail of the retreat, I walked away with my eyes open a bit wider to the reality of Christ in my life.  I know that sounds cliche or taken right from some high school theology text book.  But honestly, I finally was able to admit to myself that I wasn't allowing God to be a part of my life - I, as I so often do, was taking everything on by myself.  I'm not sure that I was intentionally pushing God out, but I most definitely was not being in proactive in allowing Him in.  I would be lying, though, if I told you I have a completely different mindset now that will never be shaken...allowing our Lord into my weakest moments is a process.  It's not going to happen overnight, nor will I be anywhere near perfect at this.  I'm taking baby steps, and I'm starting by simply asking God to take down the walls that I've put between myself and Him.  That should be a good start :).


PS. Thanks be to God that Drake was accepted into his first grad school program!  Interview #2 tomorrow...please pray for him!

Women's Retreat

Thanks so much to all of you who commented on some of my recent postings.  I truly do appreciate your thoughts and insights - it helps to know that I'm not alone with these struggles (which is something I have always "known" but needed written reminders!). 

This weekend I'm going on a women's retreat called God's Plan for Prayer, Beauty, and Sexuality.  I'm really looking forward to it and hope it provides a chance for "me" time, meeting other moms/women, and some sort of boost in the midst of so much recent internal unrest.  Please pray for me!

And many thanks to my husband for taking all Thomas-related duties!

Retreat Weekend...

So we're doing something this weekend that we've been wanting to do for a long time...we're going on an informal family retreat! Now, to be clear, we're not actually "going" anywhere. We're going to stay here in Urbana. We are simply going to take extra time this weekend for prayer, for receiving the sacraments (namely Confession and the Eucharist), and for nourishing our Catholic family life. And, as with any good retreat, we've got some tasty meals and snacks planned too :). So please pray for us if you think of it! Enjoy your weekend!