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Faith in Action

by Filed Under: Fitness, Health, Pro-Life, Walk for Their Lives 5 Comments

I have joined  Walk for Their Lives.
Walk for their Lives is a 12 week walking challenge as we raise money for the unborn. Have someone sponsor your miles, for example a penny for each mile or a dime or even a flat rate such as $50 for each 1,000 miles. Keep track of your miles, post them weekly, win door prizes, get your feet moving for their lives!
June 12 to August 28 – 12 week
Check here for more info.
I have opted out of running races so that I can donate the entry fees.  All the money saved and collected from donations will be distributed among the following pro-life ministries.

Missionaries of Charity – Queen of Peace Shelter ~ The Queen of Peace Shelter provides temporary shelter and meals for single pregnant women and their minor children.

Culture of Life Family Services ~ Culture of Life Family Services is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping the entire community through family medical care, natural family planning education, psychological counseling, and spiritual direction to women and families in crisis pregnancies.


Bishop Gallegos Maternity Home ~ The Bishop Gallegos Maternity Home is a home for women who are pregnant and in need of shelter, food, safety, comfort and support during their pregnancy and for a short time afterwards.  Their goal is to empower these women to become self-sufficient and independent in their return to the community with their babies or to facilitate adoption as an option if they so choose.


Stand True Christ Centered Pro Life Ministries – We are committed to establishing a culture of life, and bringing light to a generation covered by darkness. We believe that the only true way to end abortion is to turn hearts to Christ. Though it is important for the unjust laws to change, we must first turn the hearts of our nation. (the president, Bryan is a recent convert to the Catholic Church.)

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Here is my log for the challenge, Walk for Their Lives:

Here is my log for 2011:
122 miles from June 12-Aug 28
I will post a log of my miles.  It will be located in my sidebar.
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“Faith in action is love, and love in action is service.  By transforming that faith into living acts of love, we put ourselves in contact with God Himself, with Jesus our Lord.” ~ Mother Teresa

{pretty, happy, funny, real}

by Filed Under: Picture Recap

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~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life ~
Every Thursday, here at Like Mother, Like Daughter!

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st kateri tile  miraculous medal tile  st therese tile

these tile necklaces were created for a group of pretty & blessed First Communicants.

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summer list JOY

my ever evolving summer list.  you can view my inspiration here and here.

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dragonfly with his fav peanut butter

dragonfly loves himself some peanut butter.  he took this spoon-full of sticky yumminess when we weren’t looking.

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marian art

the girls had a great time working on their Marian artwork for the ATC Swap.  sadly, i didn’t get them sent off.  this is my third failed attempt.  praise God that my girls were forgiving.

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round button chicken

my Summer List

by Filed Under: my List, Summer

We’re ready for the summer!  We decided to adopt an already made summer list.  It fits us and it was too cute to pass up. 

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Click here to see the complete list and print your own copy.

We’ll be making some activity swaps to fit in some special events.  We will try to post all of our fun!

Everything is YOURS

by Filed Under: Fitness, Health, Meditation 7 Comments

Here is a reflection I had on Phase I of my fitness journey.  It came after I found myself defeated and raw with emotions.  There were multiple factors at play.  I was post-partum and hormonal.  I was also tired of not seeing results in my fitness and weight-loss journey.  The most prevalent factor was spiritual warfare.  I was weakened by my flesh and Satan did not miss a beat.  He was right there, ready to bring me down.  I give thanks and praise to the Good Lord for teaching me early on, what to do at such time of trial — call on Our Blessed Mother.  She always leads me directly back to her son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • I desire to be thin.
    • He calls me to be healthy.
      • That means moderate exercise and a healthy intake of food – not excessive daily exercise outside of my state of life and no starvation.
  • I desire to get out of this stage in my journey and move onto a maintenance stage.  A stage which I perceive to be an easier road.
    • He calls me to embrace where I’m at and find Him in all the struggles.
      • That means that i must seek to glorify Him in everything I do.  This includes my failures as well as my successes, they are all His.  He is pleased with my faithfulness to Him alone.
  • I desire to gain order and control of my life and family.
    • He calls me to surrender it all to Him.
      • That means that I must not seek a worldly standard of success but embrace my crosses.  I must be a joyful servant and be right ordered.  My every moment should revolve around Him.  I should seek his face in those around me.

My desires conformed to His will…

  • Forget about my desires and seek only His will for me. 
  • Be content were I am.
  • Find JOY (Him) in all that I’m surrounded with.
  • Live each moment as though it were my last so that I can make it HOME!

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You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.  ~St. Ignatius of Loyola

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