I'm delighted this month to feature a young mother I know in real life as a friend, an insightful writer and influential young leader in our area. Of course, it may be obvious that we would be friends since she loves both The Hobbit and Jane Austen, but still .... I'm grateful for Bonnie for being willing to be featured this month, when Reading Catholic is focused on all things Sheen.
How you know me: Along with my personal blog, A Knotted Life (formerly "Learning to be a Newlywed"), I am also a regular contributor to the online magazine Ignitum Today. Also, I have been honored to serve as the Associate Director for the Behold Conference for the last three years. My husband, Travis, and I are the parents of four small children—Lydia, Bennet, James and Teresa. We are members of St. Luke parish in Eureka. Our third child, James Fulton, was stillborn and came back to life after being without a pulse for sixty-one minutes. His alleged miracle is attributed to the intercession of Venerable Fulton Sheen and was officially submitted to the Vatican for Sheen's beatification.
Why I love reading: I love reading because it makes anything possible. Sitting in a waiting room I can suddenly be in another country, time, or world. By reading I can connect with another's heart, see a different perspective, grow in virtue, partake in an adventure, witness forgiveness and beauty, and know the love of my God.
What I'm reading now: Right now I am making my way through J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and I love it. There's something about a hobbit that is so endearing. Also, every day I read From Head to Toe by Eric Carle about a billion times.
My favorite book: For a long time it was A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, which is a slightly-scandalous-in-places memoir. Recent favorites have been The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter. And I will always love anything written by Jane Austen.
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