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(Photo by Lena Hall Photography) I had terrible postpartum depression with my second-born and didn’t even know it. I was convinced that if I fixed this particular problem or got that much more sleep, everything would be better. But I was in such a dark place, I couldn’t see how dark it really was. A Tough Beginning We had two children within our first two years of marriage, so life was changing very rapidly. When our first was born, every part of motherhood felt new and overw

(Courtesy photo) I have a glass sitting in my cabinet that I needed to return to Mary Machado. A toothpick holder, really, that she brought to my house for an annual homeschool community event. She left it, and I never got it back to her; I figured I’d just give it back this coming fall. Now I don’t know what to do with it, since Mary left this earth on June 24, 2026, after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Only diagnosed less than three weeks prior, her last days were f

Through Bouguereau’s Pietà, one mother reflects on Mary, suffering and the staggering beauty woven into love itself during the month of mothers and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Pietà by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, c. 1876. (Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons) “What on God’s good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?” Venerable Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty As a mother, I can only answer, “nothing.” And while there are myriad paintings I could have chosen to hono

(Photo provided) This column is late. And we are taking another break from our Theology of the Body series, to which we will return next...

After a life-threatening pregnancy, this mom said yes to Jesus — fully and forever. (Photo provided) By Kelly Clark I was raised...

(Photo: Lightstock) Pressure. That’s the feeling many new moms experience in the months (and years) after having a baby. One day, you are...

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