Elvis and Me: Trusting God and Finding Faith
At Sunday mass a few weeks ago, the holy, retired, cheerful Irish priest saying mass that morning talked about The King–and for …

Erin is a stay-at-home mom in Houston, Texas. She has written her blog, Humble Handmaid, since 2009, and she also co-hosts a Catholic women's radio show, "Faith and Good Counsel." She writes sometimes serious, but often humorous accounts of her adventures and spiritual reflections as a young Catholic woman, wife and mother. Erin is a proud mother to a three-year-old little boy and a one-year-old little girl, and she and her husband are expecting a new baby in May 2013.
At Sunday mass a few weeks ago, the holy, retired, cheerful Irish priest saying mass that morning talked about The King–and for …
Today has been one of those days that started out on the wrong foot, then put on a blindfold and started jumping …
I came across this on a blog a while back. A fellow mom was sharing how she asks her children to “test” …
Lately, I’ve been looking back on my not-married-no-kids self, my married-no-kids self, and my married-one-kid self. And I alternately have to laugh …
My husband and I are LSU fans. Not the rabid, alligator-roasting, pay-off-your-season-tickets-before-your-mortgage kind. But the faithful kind. We had friends over to …
I was talking to a friend this morning about the tendency of (some? all? Just me?) women to constantly want to improve …
If someone paid me a million dollars per week to not be snippy with my husband or lose my temper with my toddler ever, I …
My two-month-old daughter and I attended a short morning retreat this past week, and while a nursing infant isn’t exactly the most …
When I was in college, I hosted a girls’ group at my apartment each Thursday night. We took turns presenting and then …
Editor’s Note: Today, as Erin Franco returns from maternity leave, we congratulate her and husband Michael and their son Gabriel on the …
“Those who look to Him are radiant…” -Psalm 34:5 This is one of my favorite little Psalms. It reminds me that if I’m …