by Leah Perrault | Sep 10, 2020
Awkward floated to my lips a few times last week before I saw the pattern. The stumbling and crashing of growing children and adolescents finding themselves in bigger bodies than the days before. Constant adjustments during mask practice sessions. Remembering the...
by Leah Perrault | Jul 30, 2019
Weather was at the front of my mind as I headed out to the lake for the long weekend in July with four kids in tow while my husband was away working. Temperature, sunshine, rain, and wind speeds affect packing and planning, and perhaps most significantly, our moods....
by Leah Perrault | Jun 19, 2018
I have found God inescapable for most of my life. Even when I try to run away, there He is. God shows up in feeling and experience, touch and sound, churches and skies. Words generally show up after, inadequate but pressing to be spoken as a sort of verification of...
by Leah Perrault | Apr 19, 2018
“Do we fly to heaven, Mommy? Or do we climb the stairs?” The words have been swirling around me all week, God’s gift floating out of a chattering, restless mover at Mass. “I would like to know that, my girl,” I whispered, the hallow space in my chest aching. Charlize...
by Leah Perrault | Oct 8, 2017
Several years ago I found myself face down on my office floor crying, trapped in a darkness of depression only I could see. Somewhere beneath my tears I found the strength to do what I had not been able to imagine before: I picked up the phone and called for help....