Here Is What You Missed During Lent

+J.M.J.+

Happy and blessed Easter to you! Alleluia, He is Risen!

If you were offline during Lent, you’ve missed lots of great things here on the blog. So the following is a quick roundup of posts that may interest you.

To start things off, notice things looking better around here? Right after Lent began I unveiled my new logo and website with a great section of resources! Read all about those changes by clicking here – {Lookin’ Spiffy! The New Natural Catholic Mom}

When I shared a simple, one page mental prayer guide by the priest who married us, it quickly became one of my most viewed posts ever. You will definitely benefit from this! – {The Best and Easiest Way to Pray}

I’ve started brewing kombucha again and shared a start to finish how-to here – {Kombucha: Grow Your Own Scoby and Brew at Home}

I also started a new series of natural birth stories! So far I have one hospital birth and three home births up there. You can read these below:

Birth Story #1 – Hilary
Birth Story #2 – Geneva
Birth Story #3 – Nicole
Birth Story #4 – Mary

I talked about feeling embarrassed about our broken van and being authentic online here – {This Embarrasses Me – But It Is Authentic}

In {There’s a New Kid In Town – How I Prepared My Toddler For Baby} I went through the steps I took to help Philomena transition to being a big sister.

You can just baaaaarely tell where the pen was.

Philomena’s love of drawing on furniture when she gets a pen led to my post on a quick trick to quickly remove ink from fabric – {How to {Quickly} Remove Ink from Furniture}

Next I tackled a huge project we have been needing to handle – {Organizing Kid’s Clothes}

I used to share a birthday with my grandfather who has since passed, and I shared some reflections on a particularly hard year for me – {It’s My Birthday {And It Is Always Sad}

“Who Am I To Judge?” by Edward Sri gave me some great food for thought on not worrying about numbers and focusing on the value of each person individually in {It’s Not About The Numbers}

{One Week Eating Only From Wellness Mama} was a fun (and tasty!) experiment using a new cookbook my in-laws sent me for my birthday!

Sugar makes me feel so anxious the less and less I eat it, so {I’m Not Buying Easter Candy – When Treats Become Punishment} went into me refusing to buy a candy that really isn’t a true treat to celebrate with.

I have been struggling with feeling short changed and am working on the reality that – {I’m Not Owed Things Being Perfect}

Finally, before the joy of Easter, I shared an amazing explanation I learned from a wonderful priest as to what it meant on the Cross when Jesus cried out “My God My God, why have You forsaken Me? – {Did Jesus Feel His Father Abandoned Him?}