After months of dawdling, I’m finally here… and now you’re here and we’re doing it! This won’t be perfect but I’m starting, so bear with me and we’ll have some fun together! There have been so many encouraging friends and family over the years that have said, ‘Lauren, you really should write a blog’. I immediately shrugged off that idea because I am not a blogger, I’m not much of a writer, and I repeatedly still question if there is anything interesting enough about my life to keep readers engaged! (And after that paragraph, I’m sure you’re questioning why you should spend your time here. So let me remind you… there’s been spices (lots of spices), and water (lots more water), locked doors, haircuts, and the zoo (you don’t know about the zoo yet but it’s a good one- that poor girl at the pretzel hut– she got more than she bargained for that day). I thought and prayed about a name, and had way too much fun playing around with creating a logo and now I am finally at the point of writing- the most daunting part!
So, let’s get to it! Here is what I plan to share:
- I plan to share the stories of our imperfect Catholic life! I’m not a Catholic writer, a theologian or an expert in the faith- but we try! We do love Jesus and we attempt to show our kids the love of Jesus in the beauty of our Church! So, come hear our stories! And post your ideas too. I would love for this to be a place where friends can share ideas to help all of us bring the domestic church to life in our homes! (And let’s face it, right now, in the midst of this crazy pandemic, our kids haven’t seen the inside of a church in months and they need the best this domestic church can offer).
- I plan to share my recipes! I don’t claim to be a professional by any means but many of you know that I have a pipe dream to open a bakery one day! I do love baking and I am often asked to share my recipes, so I hope you enjoy! As a nurse, there are some days that the weight of responsibility and sorrow that I experience can be unbearable. And while there is Jesus to hold that hurt and pain, sometimes cookies are nice too! ‘Sometimes you just have to make a cookie’. It’s a creative outlet for me (and others get to enjoy some sweetness too).
- I sometimes joke that I would open my store and it would be called ‘Milk and Cookies’. On one side I would have my thriving bakery and on the other side of the store would be my lactation business. I have a passion for breastfeeding and one of my greatest joys is helping mommas with the tribulations that sometimes come (who are we kidding, that often come) so that they can get to the part that is truly sweet! I have experienced incredible joy from my time nursing my little boys but goodness it came with new and HARD hard challenges every. single. time! I experienced heartache, and disappointments and physical consequences as a result but I hold firm that I would do it all over again to see those precious babes look up at me and smile! I had to learn more that I ever knew there was to learn about breasts (get comfortable with that word) in a very short amount of time and I hope one day to learn even more about breasts and become an IBCLC!
I am so glad that you are here and that you have kept reading! The version of the blog that you see now, I can imagine will change over time as I learn how to actually become a blogger! I look forward to sharing my stories, sharing my heart, and sharing my family! Please come and share your stories too and let us together enjoy ‘the sweet life’!
La Dolce Vita 