Eucharistic Motherhood: Marching to the Beat of Your Own Drum

Monday, December 14, 2015

Marching to the Beat of Your Own Drum

Clare has amazing spunk and is determined to play basketball competitively. She has just played her first ever basketball game! She was really in the action! Look at her steal the ball!

Look at her be ready to receive the ball!

We got home and ordered pics like these from her first game, to make a photo book of her. She is elated.
It is interesting to have a child who marches to the beat of her own drum. I have to watch myself and not pressure her to be like the other girls. I dread the thought of her not fitting in or feeling left out. But I bite my tongue because she needs to be herself. The girls in her class talk a lot about the crushes they have on boys. Once they teased her about liking someone. She quipped back: "I'm not allowed to date for 8 more years. Talking about crushes is going to get REALLY BORING. Can we please talk about something else?"
She rocks!!!

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About Me

Born in Texas, raised in NYC, I earned my Ph.D. in philosophy and married a gorgeous theology student who rides a motorcycle and looks like James Dean. We now have six kids, are based in Irving near the University of Dallas where my husband teaches theology and where I sometimes teach philosophy. We currently live in the Castelli Romani, just outside of Rome, Italy. In addition to teaching some semesters and raising our 6 wonderful children, I am studying theology at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. Passionate about the vocation of motherhood, I founded a Catholic mother's ministry, Mighty Is Her Call. Our retreats and blog can be explored here: https://mightyishercall.com.

My book, Motherhood: An Extraordinary Vocation was released August 2021.

What's Special about Motherhood?

Motherhood is patterned on the life of Christ, particularly the Eucharist, in a way that no other vocation is. Some mothers shed blood for their children in childbirth--just as Christ shed his blood for us, a gift we celebrate in the Eucharist. Some mothers nourish children with their own bodies--just as Christ nourishes us with his body in the Eucharist. Mothers give themselves up in countless ways for their children--just as Christ gave himself up for us: "This is my body, given up for you." Every aspect of our day, from feeding our children, to cleaning up their messes, to disciplining them, to listening attentively to them, to hugging them, to laughing with them, to cherishing them, reflects the ways Christ gives himself to us. Motherhood is a role fashioned in the image of Christ, more so than perhaps any other vocation. It is singularly close to and reflective of the Heart of Christ.