Real comfort, visual and physical, is vital to every room. Mark Hampton, designer Since moving into our home almost four years ago, we’ve been been working on customizing our rather basic builder grade home. When we were designing our home with the builder, we opted for putting more money upfront toward increasing the square footage…… Continue reading Slow, Repose, Nurture: Our Master Bedroom Makeover
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The Fourth Trimester
Photo: Hayley Tanner Photography Three months ago, on April 9th, we welcomed John Peter into the world. He was born on a Friday during the Easter Octave, at 7:50 p.m. Leading up to his birth that day, we covered the delivery room with prayers—prayers for those who requested or needed them, for the holiness of…… Continue reading The Fourth Trimester
O Antiphons [Free Download]
The “Golden Nights” have arrived! As an Advent gift to you, click the photo below for access to free prints of each of the O Antiphons that the Church will be praying with until Christmas Eve. I made these back in 2017 and since then have really loved sharing these beautiful prayers for reflection, for…… Continue reading O Antiphons [Free Download]
The Hem of His Robe
Yesterday while deep cleaning, I put on an old Michael Bublé concert from the mid 2000s as background noise. A little Fatima history lesson: I was a huge fan many years ago—so a big a fan I not only had a poster on my wall, but to take it further, when I saw him live…… Continue reading The Hem of His Robe
Antidotes for our Poisoned World
If you’ve visited the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, perhaps you’ve noticed a large, bronze statue a hundred yards away, facing the façade of the church. The person with arms outstretched in the statue pictured above is St. Francis of Assisi. I’ve been fortunate to visit Rome a handful of times, but it…… Continue reading Antidotes for our Poisoned World
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