Amy Secrist

Tag: motherhood

  • A Prayer for Patience

    O most Holy Lord, who has waited for us so long, who continues to wait for us each time we fail, each time we turn away, instill in me the virtue of patience so that I might be more like you. Grant me the grace I need to be patient with my husband when he…

  • Autumn comes cleanly into my day.

    Autumn comes cleanly into my day. It has us wearing jackets and opening windows, stacking books and rearranging toys; it has us moving furniture and wiping baseboards, walking to school and praying in church. The three little ones and I stop in at the sanctuary. We are there with two women, mopping and dusting, and we…

  • Living Miracles

    These miracles, so bright I cover my eyes; they bound, glide, skip before me and beside. She rides his old training bike with eyes halfway closed; he jukes and zags in front as she laughs from her toes, and the little girl plays “touch each stone” along the way; then it’s “touch the shoulder” when…