Category: adulting
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The point of knowing what is true is not to paralyze you, but to empower you.
Knowledge of your trauma is not about blame or shame, it’s about what’s next. There is an opportunity hidden here and it looks like the potential to change. Remember the Serenity prayer? Lord, grant me: When we encounter painful scenarios from our past, or hen we recall past mistakes and misjudgments, the question is not…
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How I Met My Husband Through CatholicMatch
When I turned 25, I asked God to grant me a husband. I was single for a long time, and I’ve never had a boyfriend in high school and in college. It’s not for the lack of opportunity, but it was my own readiness. I was young, and I knew I was not ready. I…
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Our UP engagement story
The night before Gio and I got engaged in May 2022, he was insisting that we go to UP the next day. He said that he really wanted to see it because I have been talking about how the campus is my second home and how I grew closer to God when I was there.…
Marielle Ignacio DeTorres 