Introductions - Answering Why I Blog

It will be almost a year on the 20th of February since I embarked on this blogging adventure. It has been a wonderful and interesting journey so far...

For a couple of years, I was scouting the web searching for signs of life... signs of living faith around the world. I guess I needed to know that we weren't alone... That there were other families like us who had embraced the message of the Gospel and were, in all their humanity, imperfections and weaknesses, striving for sanctity.

The seed planted in baptism was nurtured by Pope St John Paul II, his call to young people had taken a deep root within us and the calling to heroism and perfection in Christ was strong in our lives. JPII spoke to us with love,  he was firm in his words and consistent... he was not afraid of telling us how things were, where we stood and what we needed to do in order to enter the Kingdom. No compromises! No half baked catechesis... He called us to Sainthood!

In my search I came across some beautiful people who also, in their imperfect life, had the desire to live their life with fullness of joy. I read of their struggles, their achievements, their sufferings, their joys, real people opening a window on their life, sharing as much or as little as they liked.

For about a year I pondered whether or not to start a little blog myself... and after much discernment I decided to go for it.

Why did I do that, why did I decide to start blogging myself?

I blog because when I needed some hope I found some among the lines of a post. In the same way I pray to the Lord that our family blog may give encouragement to those who will need it.

I blog because in a world surrounded by technology and social media the Good News should go viral ;-)

I blog because I have a beautiful story to tell where God is the author... and so have you.

I blog because I want people to know that God can do miracles, that His Love is immense and available to anyone.

My children blog to give hope to other young people, to encourage them to chose Christ above everything, because they have already experienced in their young life that with Him life is truly exciting.

My husbands blogs and allows my craziness firstly out of gratitude, God has given us so much we cannot keep it for ourselves and because if God inspires you or yours to say something you shouldn't get in the way.

It's a GIRL!!!

Today was a day our family was really looking forward to... the day of the 20 week scan! There was a build-up of excitement in the air for the whole week. 

The appointments were running late as usual, hospital waiting rooms can be quite dull and intimidating, but eventually we were called in. My heart was pounding and a mix of fear and excitement took over. Pierpaolo was calm as usual. I laid down on the bed, the cold gel was applied and there the baby was... the head, the brain, we saw the eyes, and the lips opening and closing! The hands with five tiny fingers. Then the heart and the spine, lovely legs and cute little feet. We have had enough scans with our other children to be able to spot the sex of the baby before we are told by the doctor. The umbilical cord created a brief moment of doubt but, as I said, only for a second.

" Everything appears to fine, at the moment", the doctor said, " and it's a GIRL!"... Yep! We already knew that!

Another girl? Very happy, of course... but I couldn't help thinking of our two boys and Lucia who had been praying very hard, first for twins and then for a brother...

"But how is it possible that out of over 30 cousins, only 9 are boys?" I said to myself, "I thought the Church needed priests, so why does God keep sending us all these girls?".

That is a question I often asked myself. An important lesson had to be taught to the children: We can pray for what we want, but we have to accept and trust that the Lord will give us what is needed. 

And that was the simple answer to my question too.

What is it that God wants from us? 

Christian Women and Christian Mothers. In a world where femininity is rejected, where motherhood has become a burden, where man has been trampled on and ridiculed, where the woman is under constant attack... God is calling our family to bring up young Christian Women.

Where the woman is under attack, Life itself is under treat. It is the Woman at the heart of the house 'A good wife who can find her? She is far more precious than jewels.' (Prov 31:10) It is the woman that makes of a man a father, who allows him to be the head of the family. Her obedience and submission to her husband is where the children learn obedience and love for the father, and it is through their earthly father that the Love of the Heavenly One becomes real. Mary was a woman, and what a woman she was! 

Looking at her will always help us when we are unsure of our role! May she always be near us in the task with which our family, and all of us Christian parents of girls, have been entrusted. 

"We are the salt of the Earth"... our surname won't be known through the generations to come but our fruits will live forever and will be there at the end of time.

My girls!

About us

My name is Chiara, I am 38 and I am a 'Cradle Catholic' (and so is my husband!) 

I come from Sicily, a beautiful island in the South of Italy, surrounded by the warm Mediterranean Sea… 

I live in London, United Kingdom since 1999. I am married to Pierpaolo (41) half Italian, half Polish born in England, we have 5 children: Ettore (18 years),  Mattia (16), Elena (13), Lucia (10), Virginia (6), Maria (2)... and we are expecting our 7th.
Welcome to our blog where each member of the family will have the opportunity of sharing a bit of their life in the light of the Catholic Faith, with all the joys, problems and worries that we inevitably encounter along our journey on this beautiful Earth ... towards Heaven!