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Awakening at Lourdes is here… thanks to you
Writing Awakening at Lourdes was a long process for me. I write to make sense of things; as I wrote, the whispers and nudges God had been sending through the years came into clearer focus. The thing that came into the clearest focus was this: You were my whispers and nudges. Every one of you…
Read MoreWhat you need to know about autism in girls and women
On average, autistic females are diagnosed later than males and often misdiagnosed with other conditions first. But autistic traits, like any other inherited or acquired traits, shed light on our individual path to heaven.
Read MoreOn the Spectrum {Book Review}
This collection of essays all bear Bowman’s signature frank, earnest style. He moves skillfully from isolation to community, building a vision of possibility and hope.
Read More6 Great Sensory-Friendly First Communion Dresses
Simple. Relaxed. Affordable. Mass appropriate. I rounded up some sensory-friendly First Communion options that won’t break the bank for your daughter’s special day — a couple even have my own kids’ seal of sensory approval.
Read MoreThe Message of Lourdes (Free eBook)
I’m releasing a new eBook today called The Message of Lourdes, explaining why the words of the 1858 apparition are for all of us today, too. Sign up for your free copy in honor of the upcoming feast of Our Lady of Lourdes (February 11).
Read MoreIn Which We Learn that My Book Has a Title!
I’m delighted to announce the title of my forthcoming book with Ave Maria Press! Awakening at Lourdes: How an Unanswered Prayer Healed Our Family and Restored Our Faith will be released this fall. It’s the story of our family’s pilgrimage to Lourdes with the Order of Malta in 2017, the miracles we received and the ones we didn’t, and why the wide gulf between those two things is awash in grace upon grace.
Read MoreThe Best Books on Disability That I Read in 2020
Making sense of the world means reading about what’s going on in my life, so for many years, that’s means books about disability or by disabled writers. Here are a few that helped shape my thinking in 2020, in no particular order.
Read MoreI’m Launching a Newsletter
Where’ve you been and where’re you headed, Christy? Find out more here, and sign up for my newsletter to get updates on all the exciting stuff to come in 2021.
Read MoreSpiritual Communion for Social Distancing
In preparation for our first Sunday watching Mass via livestream from the couch, I created some printable Spiritual Communion prayers. Feel free to download and share!
Read MoreThe death of innocence and the death of innocents
There’s no denying the fact that valuing and respecting all life, including the lives of the disabled, is never the easy or politically expedient thing to do. In fact, it’s usually the most difficult.
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