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My parents were Catholics and Catholic parents, according to the Cannon Law,  are expected to raise their children as Catholics. Therefore, each of my six siblings and I were baptized as infants, then made our first confession, and first communion before the age of ten. Later on during our adolescent years, we were confirmed, making…

Oftentimes when people find out that I am a yoga instructor, they say, “Oh I could never do yoga, I’m just not flexible enough.” But, they don’t understand. If they practiced yoga they would become more flexible. Shying away from stretching and lengthening one’s body through a regular yoga practice only keeps our condition the…

As a kid, getting ready to go to church on Sunday mornings was quite the ordeal for my parents. The chore was especially rigorous for Mom who carefully critiqued the outward appearance of her seven offspring before we left the house. Did our socks match, was our skirt too short, was our hair parted and…

When I was on the brink of ending my own life, Jesus intervened. He offered me an immediate, actual, and first hand relationship with Himself. Crazy, but true. Faith is not for the Faint of Heart The temptation to call it quits, to throw in the towel and oust myself, stemmed from a conglomeration of…