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Luella’s pened thoughts on topics relating to emotional fullfillment and personal achievement. New posts weekly.
Becoming Contrarian Towards the Modern Woman
I want to share another way to be a powerful woman in 2025. How? My turning towards Our Beloved Mary. Mary offers us another way. A quiet, unwavering, deeply feminine strength. Not fragile. Not passive. Not small. Just steady, holy, and whole. So what does it look...
How to Be a Marian Woman in 2025 (Without Losing Yourself)
I have spent a fair amount of time studying what Our Mother Mary did when she said yes to the angel Gabriel. She didn’t ask for proof. She didn’t need certainty or a detailed explanation. She didn’t hesitate. She surrendered. And in that surrender, she became the most...
Two Different Languages – One Home
You're not broken. Neither is your spouse. But if your conversations feel more like potholes than connection points, you’re not alone. What looks like emotional distance—coldness, defensiveness, frustration—is often something far less dramatic but far more dangerous:...
A Post About Relationships, Forgiveness, Resentment, and Especially Parenting
Some lessons take years to learn. Others keep revisiting you until you finally open your hands and say, "Fiat." Let it be done unto me. I’ve spoken and written a lot about resentment, about control, about the quiet bitterness that grows when our expectations go unmet....
Marriage, According to St. Paul: The Way Marriage Was Always Meant To Be
Most people don’t think of St. Paul when they think of marriage. It’s probably because he never married. He was a missionary, a martyr, a theologian. But if you’ve ever been married long enough to know what real love costs, then you’ve already lived many of his most...
The Why Of Therapy
Let’s talk about therapy. Why do people go to therapy, and why do some drop off while others decide to continue?
When Life Doesn’t Make Sense: How Faith and Common Sense Save Relationships
Maybe it’s a health scare, a job loss, a partner who drops the ball—again. And even though you’re doing all the “right” things it still doesn’t add up.
When Respect Returns to the Home: A Common-Sense Case for Sacred Order in Marriage
We live in a time when men's and women’s roles have blurred. Young men are questioning their identities, and marriages are becoming increasingly transactional (What can you do for me?). So it’s no surprise that more and more women are tired, men are confused, and the...
The Discipline Deficient Home: Small Sacrifices That Heal Relationships
If your marriage feels dull, or your home feels distant, it might not be because anything is wrong. It might be because nothing is sacred.