Here's the low down: I'm a Catholic, stay-at-home mom. My awesome husband and I have six children: one in Heaven, one in the womb, and four more wandering around my house, probably eating pretzels they found under the couch. I'm a mommy blogger who's not crafty nor in possession of a nice camera, but I do make a great chocolate chip cookie. It's amazing. Ah-maz-ing!
Here at A Knotted Life I write about my life in general: the joys and struggles of motherhood, natural family planning, marriage, and living out my Catholic faith, along with some more basic stuff like music, food, and how tired I am. The knot in the title refers to St. Paul's exhortation to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling." That perfectly describes my life - I am figuring out this vocation of mine, learning how to be the best mom and wife I can be, in awe of this great responsibility and gift God has given me. I'm untangling it all, with a lot of help from our Lord, His blessed mother (the un-doer of knots in the header), and the entire body of Christ.
The knot is also a reference to the tightly tied true knot that led to the stillborn birth of my son, James Fulton. That knot has led to some awesome events in our lives, and if you're not familiar with the story of James' sixty-one pulseless minutes and his alleged miraculous healing through the intercession of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen I strongly encourage you to read the following links:
James Fulton
God set the table
this thing that I fear
the long awaited MRI results are in
my thoughts on the alleged miracle
So in the end what I really want to say is Thanks for stopping by and I hope you feel very welcome here.
P.S. I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to email me at bonniefandel {at} gmail {dot} com. I try my best to respond to emails right away but if it takes a few days please don't do what I'd do and think I think you're an idiot.
And if you really feel inclined, you can follow me on Twitter and check out my boards on Pinterest.
I think it's really interesting that you chose Undoer of knots for the theme/patroness of your blog. I've only ever heard of Our Lady Undoer of Knots in relation to prayers of infertiles. She's a popular patron in the IF Catholic bloggy world. But I love how she ties into your story as well. Gotta love our Lady!
ReplyDeleteDear Bonnie, I just found your blog. I've heard about your miraculous son, but did not know you were blogging as well. I look forward to reading more. God bless you and your beautiful family !!
ReplyDeleteI assumed your blog name was in reference to marriage! Ha! Guess I'm not always right about everything...
ReplyDeleteHii! I just wanted to stop by and say hi, as I just discovered your blog the other day! Where have all these blogs been before last week?? You and "House Unseen" and "Time Flies when You're Having Babies" and a zillion others! Bah! Well, probably good for my kids that I hadn't heard of you all, ha!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, since I started reading your blog, I thought I'd say something, just because it's nice to know that a) you're actually talking to someone (I'm sure YOU are well aware, you seem to have a following, but in general!) and b) it's nice to know who's reading.. I'm another Catholic mom, and I really have come to appreciate Catholic mom/bloggers, they've done tons in my life as of the last year or two!
So, thanks! And hi! And hi yet again, because 17 times wasn't enough!
-Maria :]
((Oh!! And I wanted to say that I LOVE the the "Mary, Undoer of Knots" novena!! And the image! Everything about it! It was the first novena I'd ever prayed, and I think it's beautiful! So high-five on your awesome taste!))
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