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Today. After 20 years, I completed an examination of conscience, made a full confession, and re-entered the Catholic faith. Reflecting on 20 years worth of sin and wrongdoing in the eyes of the church was difficult, but also a gift to realize how much I have to be grateful for. I now believe we all have more people who want the best for us rather than the worst. Letting go and being absolved of 20 years of sin with extremely little penance asked in return was extremely humbling.

I’m not here to…

The cathedral builders of medieval Europe rarely lived to see their work completed. Some cathedrals took 200+ years to build.

Yet they laid each stone with perfect care.

Your daily prayers, small acts of kindness, and quiet moments of faith are building something eternal too.

Keep building.

Here’s the least romantic thing you’ll read all day & the deepest truth I know about love:

Pick a partner who can sit in a hospital room with you.

Because no matter what, 100% guaranteed, life together will bring you there. Either one of you could be in the hospital bed, or it will be your beloved child, or the parents who raised you, or another family member or friend whom you can’t imagine the world without.

And the two of you will wind up together there, under-slept and over-caffeinated, starin…

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The Valentine’s gambit, hot takes, and American mythology

Two hot topics on the Home Front this week:

  • I’m on the warpath about the Pope’s unjust, unreasonable letter to the US bishops on immigration.

  • Leila explains her mission to restore an appreciation of femininity— which entails destroying the ideology of feminism.

And then there’s a bit of Laura Ingalls Wilder to enjoy…

Happy Despite Them
The Home Front
Pope Francis's letter to the US bishops; What's the thinking behind Leila's School for Housewives; Laura Ingalls Wilder, blogger
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