
One of the biggest things I’ve discovered during this period is praying the Liturgy of the Hours, and as I’ve watched fervent Catholics around me, I’m not alone.

This involves the “action” of reconstructing my life as I discern what God wants me to do as the busyness of the world begins to surround me once more. Rebuild – As I continue to discern where to re-focus, I’ve moved into the re-build phase over the last few months.This required, and still requires, much prayer and discernment. Where did I want to focus my time? Running my kids to a different practice every day or more time in prayer? Engaging in coffees I didn’t want to attend or writing more? Running myself ragged back and forth to my mom’s or 1 or 2 quality visits a week? Watching a TV show or meeting with my Catholic sisters for a meaningful chat on Zoom? Everything exterior had been taken away and I could add back only what I wanted. Refocus – Once I “recovered,” I realized I had an opportunity to recreate my life, according to God’s will, how I wanted it from the ground up.I had an especially difficult 2019 with health challenges for my mother that really left me exhausted, and suddenly, I was given the gift of recovery … just taking a deep breath, resting and sleeping and overall reinvigorating myself. Recover – The next phase for me was a period of recovering from all the running around I’ve been doing at least since my kids were born.I found myself watching too much news during this time, as though that could somehow provide me the assurances I so desperately needed.

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