A message of hope for teens and young adults struggling to find their way
Twenty-five-year-old Monet Sousa is on a mission to share the message of hope with the world. She grew up in a family culture that lived out their Catholic faith boldly…
What holy friendships really depend on
Before becoming Catholic, I was in talk therapy. The therapist gave me plenty of information about setting boundaries with others without telling me how to carry this out in a…
What I learned from my local Buy Nothing Group
In 2019, my husband and I bought our first home. We were excited to get to know our neighbors and put down roots in a community. But by the time…
3 ways to battle comparison in your friendships that actually work
“She has everything and looks so happy,” I thought to myself as I scrolled through Instagram at 3 a.m. My newborn daughter was up for yet another feeding, and instead…
Dancing to a different tune than the devil
Over the past year, humankind has been made to, in many ways, deny a piece of us that is absolutely vital to our flourishing. The pandemic has separated, isolated and…
Our neighbors are not hypotheticals
I miss the days when my social media feed was filled with cute baby pictures and videos of life hacks that I would never actually remember to use. Today, my…
Lessons from the garden: God’s love for us
During the pandemic, I have been grateful to be able to work at home from my garden in Brooklyn, thanks to good wifi and my colleagues’ high tolerance for background…
7 ways friendships change after college (and why that’s normal)
After I graduated college, got married, moved to a new city and started a new job (all in one month!), I realized that making friends after graduation was much different…
Don’t forget your girlfriends
Relationships are exciting, especially in the very beginning. I will not soon forget the excitement I felt on a day-to-day basis when I was first dating my husband. Every time…
Who are your friends?
Friends. We all want — and need — them. God made us to exist in community and imprinted the desire for sisterhood deep in our hearts. I’ve been blessed with…