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We still have bathing suits from last year and we won’t be producing these again (lesson learned: bathing suit manufacturing is HARD and even working with seamstresses 20 minutes from our studio, it was a nightmare trying to get them to hold up their end of the deal).
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I designed this suit based off of a suit I had when I lived in Brazil. I love the extra lining that disguises any belly bumps. There are no cups (I despise how cups fold over and get shaped weird) but it has seams sewn in to help with a lift.
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If you get a size that doesn’t fit, we’ll send another size to try! But things to note that I’ve learned after 100s of women have tried the bathing suit:
☀️ if you have an extra long torso, it probably won’t fit ☀️ the cut on the legs/butt are to help create a longer leg and not create a “diaper” look on your back end, but it’s not as high as you will find at Target right now. ☀️ this won’t work for every single body just like any one piece, but it’s very flattering for those who it works for!
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Photo by @elissavoss

One week from tomorrow is the Feast of the Sacred Heart! I attempted to make little fruit snack Sacred Hearts with strawberries and mango (my current favorite fruit!) and then realized I should leave these types of things up to other people. SO there is a N E W blog post with links to brilliant ideas from some of my favorite catholic blogs for things you can do next week (and every first Friday/Saturday of the month!)
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You’ll find things from @kendra_tierney, @bonnieengstrom, @mary_haseltine, @laurelmuff, @mamalaurarose and @faithandfabric!
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What are your favorite family traditions for the feast?

God surely does move in unexpected ways and I have been growing to truly trust in those ways more and more. As I’ve shared, my personal life has been flooded with change — the last six months of settling into life as a married woman, now moving to a new house in a new state, and expecting our little babe. In addition to all of this, I have also discerned to step away from the women’s ministry, Blessed is She, that I have been designing for and a part of since 2015. The last few weeks they released the last products that I designed. (I LOVE the light of mercy candle.) And of course the 2020 yearly planner will still be released later this year.
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With the help of my spiritual director and lots of begging for clarity in prayer, I knew it was time for a change and time for me to grow in the Catholic creative movement. I will now focus solely on my own mission that I very clearly hear God calling me to live and create from.
Xx,
Erica

My husband didn’t know if he could “technically” celebrate father’s day because I’m the one carrying the baby. I told him he could because if being pregnant makes me a mom, I can’t be a mom without a dad. And while I am currently on the more miserable end of pregnancy, I could not survive my days without him. He has picked up all the slack around the house - taking over all my chores without a fuss. He’s making all my post office runs and has rolled out of bed to go to the grocery store for the new thing I think “might” help me feel better. (One day it was chili and by the time he got home I decided I very much never wanted to eat that.) Sure, his body isn’t changing, but his world and roll have. The quiet support that only I can see.
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I got to thinking about how around Mother’s Day there were all these sensitive posts for the women who couldn’t have children or lost their moms or lost babies. And I didn’t see that around for today. But that’s the thing - for every woman longing to be a mother, there is a man longing to be a father - for every mother who lost a child there is a father who lost their child, too. For those with absent fathers, today is a hard. For those who lost their father, today is hard.
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And I just wanted to say, we see you today. Let us pray for those that Father’s Day is difficult. And let us pray for all the men who are fathers to us - that they may feel seen, loved, and supported in their vocation of fatherhood.
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To my own dad for always supporting me and to my baby daddy for reminding me every day that for now, growing a baby is enough just for today. I love you both.

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