Mamas in Spirit

Lisa Martinez was incredibly anxious and fearful as a child, but neither Lisa nor her parents understood why. When Lisa attended her freshman year of college at Franciscan University—a place Lisa and many others refer to as a "field hospital” for souls—Lisa discovered why she had been consumed by such angst and fear. L

Abby Davis received a call. Within thirty minutes of hanging up the phone, there was a social worker on her front porch holding a baby girl.   Abby and her husband would care for this little girl for many months to follow, not knowing if they would adopt her or just care for her for a little while.  Abby’s heart was fi

Still reverberating in Colleen Carroll Campbell’s heart are an older mom’s words of wisdom from 15 years ago: “I don’t know if there is room for perfectionism in any other part of life, but I know this: there is no room for it in motherhood.” Colleen had done her best to achieve flawlessness during her ambitious career

After raising four boys, Caroline Graham’s husband shared that he felt called to adopt a daughter. Soon thereafter, Caroline received a call from a dear friend about a toddler girl needing a home. Caroline figured that she and her husband knew how to love children and said “yes.” Caroline realized that the call to love

Chaplain Father Jon Meyer was in his early twenties when his mother passed away. In his grief, Father Jon faced the dark thought of needing to earn love, as well as the fear of being unloveable.  Father Jon was in the seminary at the time and chose to be honest about the thoughts he struggled with. He shared with his S

Stacey Sumereau is on a healing journey. Stacey was pregnant with her third child when she had a placental abruption--Baby Honora (Nora) was born early by emergency C-section.  Stacey's heart broke into pieces as she watched her baby go through what seemed like endless life-saving procedures. The final breaking point w