Overview
This two-volume collection is packed with spiritual insight, hope, and joy for Catholic mothers in all situations. Full of relatable stories, Christian messages, and a touch of humor, this collection will win your heart and nourish your soul as Danielle Bean brings you her own experiences being a Catholic mother today.
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Key Features
- Packed with relatable stories for any mother
- Encouraging and hopeful writing style makes these fun to read
- Filled with spiritual insight and Christian values
Individual Titles
Packed with common-sense suggestions, spiritual musings, and hilarious tales of Danielle’s own gang of eight kids, Mom to Mom, Day to Day is sure to keep any mother reading, reflecting—and laughing! Includes a resource list for Catholic parents and a prayer at the end of each chapter.
What Danielle Bean will give you is a bunch of truths. Truths about how the little things can pile up and make even the best of moms yell at little people (but she’ll remind you that you're not alone); about how marriage takes work (but is still the best thing we humans have got going); about how boring it can sometimes be to stay home (and yet how ultimately fulfilling and holy it is). She will talk to you as if you were having lots and lots of coffee together about how to get the upper hand on the housework, how to live your faith with your kids, and about how prayer time really works at her house. Because this is what Danielle Bean is about: striving for the very-real sacred in the midst of the very-real everyday. It’s all connected: the yelling, the commitment, the smelly socks, the prayers, the boredom, the faith, the toilet-scrubbing, the journey to heaven. We moms don’t get to travel a pristine path to holiness. Ours is peppered with dirty diapers, cranky kids, blown fuses and fishsticks. It’s a path that evokes an “Eeewww!” from many. It’s not pretty. And yet, it is the most exquisitely beautiful thing in the world.
—Karen Edmisten, author, After Miscarriage: A Catholic Woman’s Companion to Healing & Hope and Through the Year with Mary: 365 Reflections
As wife and mother of eight, Danielle Bean has sifted through her sleepless nights and busy days to glean a treasure trove of wisdom for her sisters in Christ. This practical advice, offered with honesty, humility, and humor, will help shore up the foundations of many a domestic church.
—Genevieve Kineke, author, The Authentic Catholic Woman
Share the happiness—as well as the challenges—of Danielle Bean’s sometimes chaotic, often inspiring, always blessed life as the mother of six young children. In an essay collection that takes us from the aisles of the local grocery store to the beauty of a memorable Christmas midnight Mass, Danielle joyously welcomes us into her home and her family.
Every Catholic mother will delight in discovering humor, truth, and a wellspring of spiritual nourishment in these beautifully written stories.
I have long admired the wonderful writing of Danielle Bean, so it is a treat to own a collection of Danielle’s inspirational essays. Her warm tone and the attention to the small blessings in the life of every mother remind me to thank God for my own role as mother.
—Lisa M. Hendey, author, designer, podcast host, and conference speaker
Product Details
- Title: Danielle Bean Collection
- Author: Danielle Bean
- Publisher: Pauline Books & Media
- Volumes: 2
- Pages: 347
About Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean is senior editor of Faith & Family magazine and author of My Cup of Tea: Musings of a Catholic Mom. She and her husband, Dan, live in New Hampshire, where they homeschool their eight children.