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Experiencing the Most Energized Lent Yet
Posted on March 4, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden Since the pandemic and restrictions started nearly a year ago, I have searched for any opportunity to find positivity and be grateful for moments during this time of uncertainty and chaos. On days when I feel most cloudy in spirit, I seek deeply to find what lesson God wants me to learn […]
Take the Pictures
Posted on February 2, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden As a child, I remember the days my mother would have us all get dressed up for birthday and professional family photos. I remember being uncooperative, thinking of creative ways to get out of wearing stockings as well as dress shoes and the woes of taming by thick curly hair. My siblings […]
The Gratitude Journal
Posted on January 7, 2021 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden One of the most well received gifts on Christmas Day was a gratitude journal for our oldest child. During a year where the focus has been one of what went wrong versus what we should be grateful for, it has definitely been a good addition during our nightly routine. In just a […]
Happiness found in chaos after the storm
Posted on December 10, 2020 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden The morning after Hurricane Zeta came through, our entire family went to work before 8 a.m. to sweep, pick up branches and debris. The excitement of the hurricane and the relief of not having damage was so much so that it was the first thing our children wanted to do, even bypassing […]
With Patience Emerges Beauty
Posted on November 12, 2020 1 Comment
By Ana Borden For years, I have been testing and growing native plants in our backyard. I love the idea of bringing vegetations meant to thrive in our unique area and climate while nourishing bees, butterflies and other wildlife. Purely accidentally, I came home one day with the wrong native sunflower plant. I expected a […]
Continuing to Celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage During the Pandemic
Posted on October 29, 2020 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden Seven months into the pandemic, despite the chaos and constant changes, I have seen beauty emerge in the sacrament of marriage. Have the restrictions from the virus possibly created a refocus on the importance of this precious sacrament? It is as if gathering restrictions have stripped away the unnecessary details, lists, desires […]
Being a Good Neighbor
Posted on September 10, 2020 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden One of the many places we evacuated to the first six weeks following Hurricane Katrina was Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Words will never express the emotions following the days and weeks following the devastation when hope seemed to cease. After many anxious days and sleepless nights, an invitation came through on one of the […]
The Gift of Siblings: Perfectly Planned
Posted on August 6, 2020 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden I have been extraordinarily blessed having three sisters. We know each other better than anyone else thanks to childhood adventures, inside jokes and seeing each other through all different seasons, challenges and experiences. We are there for each other’s birthdays, special events and in our children’s lives, even if it might be […]
The Gift of Memory
Posted on July 7, 2020 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden Every night before bed we have gotten into a new routine of looking at pictures we had taken that day, and a year, two and upwards of 10 years ago on that specific date. There is something so powerful about the sense of sight – it evokes so many emotions. The children […]
Before the Petals Fall
Posted on May 7, 2020 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden Like most mornings, I woke up to make my very early cup of coffee to start my day. But on this particular morning, I found myself staring at a single white rose I had pulled away from the remaining dozen the night before. It had been sagging more than the others, so […]
The Day the Churches Closed
Posted on April 14, 2020 Leave a Comment
By Ana Borden I disconnected from the stress of news and calls during the beginning of the corona pandemic by gardening in our yard. My thoughts were with my sister and brother-in-law while they were in the trenches saving those affected at their hospitals, until my husband shared the news that public masses were suspended […]
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