How an Unexpected Pregnancy Prepared Me for Christianity

The love I first felt pulling my son out of my womb, bringing him to my breast, singing him to sleep, it had been a mere taste of this heavenly love.

Peace in Heartbreak

Dear Ladies, I have desired to be a wife and mother for as long as I can remember. Can you relate?

Letters, Relationship, Lead, NurtureCorynne StaresinicFebruary 8, 2019Break-up, Single Life Comments

Where There Is Love, There Is God

In times when I can’t find God, I need only search for love. ...Anytime I feel love, or don’t feel love at all, but choose love with my will, God is there in that moment.

Letters, Identity, NurtureCorynne StaresinicJanuary 2, 2019Autumn, Postpartum, Letting go, Expectations, Motherhood, Self-care, Well-being, ResolutionsComment

You Are Not the Sum of Your Success

For most of my life, I mistakenly thought that in order to please God, in order to be of any good, I must succeed at everything, and I bent all my energy to achieving my notion of perfection.

Letters, Identity, NurtureCorynne StaresinicDecember 14, 2018Perfectionism, Self-care, Well-being Comments

The Small Invitations That Led Me Back to Catholicism

"I was a sophomore in college, and even before setting foot on campus, I decided the Church had nothing to offer me…”

Cultivating Communities of Compassion

"I was sitting in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting the other day - it was a women’s only meeting - and I was struck by how honest, vulnerable and real everyone’s shares were. I wondered if I had been to any Catholic women’s gatherings where…"

Church, Letters, NurtureCorynne StaresinicAugust 24, 2018Community, Gossip, Womanhood, Belonging, Resolutions, community, Cultivating CommunityComment

Every Person Carries a Hidden Story

A few years ago, on a fairly ordinary, cloudy Thursday afternoon, I went to the dentist. The dental hygienist was pleasant enough, and asked the fairly ordinary and benign question, ‘How’s your day going?’ as she rummaged through her supplies. I replied, ‘It’s been alright.’ She nodded without looking up. And in that moment I was flooded with a loneliness I’d never known before.

That morning I had gotten civilly divorced…”

A Break-Up, Friendship and the Power of Empathy

Never underestimate the healing power of empathy.

Growing in Empathy Through Nursing

"My dear Sisters, as women there is an undeniable tug on our hearts to love. How we each express this is as numerous as there are women on the earth & in history..."