An Introduction...From the Heartland
Good morning and greetings from America's Heartland! My name is Valerie, and recently I was invited by Jackie to become a contributing author here at the Association of Catholic Women Bloggers . What an honor and a privilege to be asked to keep company with such deeply spiritual and courageously-active faith-filled Catholics! I have to admit...it's been a couple of weeks since Jackie read this post and offered up her invitation to me. Since then, I have had a bit of writer's block...perhaps allowing the Deadly Sins of pride and sloth to interfere with me sharing my walk of faith! I often allow my fear of "being wrong" to paralyze me, thus missing out on some incredible opportunities to share the richness of our faith with others...and to learn some lessons myself. Believe me when I say, I'm striving to better display those holy virtues of humility and diligence! Right now, the season of life that I am in is that of parenthood. And while