Learning to Trust in God After Letting Go of My First Love

Growing up, one of the people I admired the most was my mom. Her character, her faith, her relationship with my dad—if I wanted to be like anyone on this Earth, it would be my mom. Most of all, I dreamed of having a marriage like hers.

LettersBethany SpringelmeyerDecember 2, 2020trusting in God's plan, Dating, For Single Catholic Women Comments

Inviting Christ Into My Loneliness as a Single Woman

In high school, I handled being alone very well. I was a floater, the girl who was known for being nice to everyone. On most days, I told myself I loved this role. I stayed out of drama and was able to spend time with all different types of people. I would hang out with my friends at school, and our relationships would pretty much end there. I never really had a best friend growing up anyway, so I was used to doing my own thing. It was my version of normal. I prided myself on being independent. I handled being alone very well. Until I didn't.

Letters, ReceiveBethany SpringelmeyerOctober 28, 2020Catholic single woman, Single life, God's plan, God's love, For Single Catholic Women Comments

Take This and Make It Beautiful: Good Drawn From a Bad Relationship

Dear Reader,

One of our Lord’s most remarkable qualities is His ability to bring positive results from negative events. Saint Ignatius, for example, suffered a brutal injury on the battlefield. During his rehab, he had his conversion.

Letters, CreateBethany SpringelmeyerMarch 11, 2020For Single Catholic Women Comments

Discerning My Call to Holiness

So what is the truth of what it means to be a Catholic woman today? The truth is that our vocation is not found in one single decision in time. Our vocation is not proven through what we went to school for, our ability to hold a job, or where we live. Our vocation is not necessarily one thing. Our vocation can change with the seasons. Whether we are married, single, or a religious, God can call us all over the place, to a number of different careers or workplaces; we should not be convinced that one path is the only path.

Letters, Vocation, ReceiveBethany SpringelmeyerJanuary 8, 2020vocation, Discernment, Catholic vocation to love, Career, Teacher, Going deeper, For Single Catholic Women Comments

Who I Am When I’m Alone

There is tremendous power in learning to be at home with yourself.

Letters, Relationship, CreateCorynne StaresinicNovember 30, 2018Loneliness, Community, Self-care, Well-being, Single life, For Single Catholic Women Comments

My Worth is in God, Not My Relationship Status

It took more than three brutal years of striving and posturing to realize that I already had a love story. In fact, I was a part of the greatest love story of all time.

Letters, Relationship, CreateCorynne StaresinicNovember 7, 2018Boyfriend, Jesus, Sarah Erickson, Womanhood, Feminism & Femininity, Single Life, For Single Catholic Women Comments

Stop Living in the Waiting Room

“‘How are you still single?’ That question really doesn’t make you feel any better, does it?”

Letters, Relationship, CreateCorynne StaresinicJuly 11, 2018Emma Fradd, Dying alone, Matt Fradd, Single Life, For Single Catholic Women Comments

Caring for Myself as God Does

I am 32 and single again after an over-2-year long relationship which ended last May. Throughout all my adult years, I made marriage and having kids my idol. I had this feeling that the lack of my own family made me a worse woman.