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MOMAZINEspring issue | 2014

beauty inspired motherhood

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From the Editors Each season with Momazine is an exciting new adventure. Always at the forefront of our thoughts and dreams with each issue is this idea of childhood exaggerated. Lauryn and I could not think of a better way to portray this notion than with fairy tales. Page by page, we invite you to dream with us as you did as a child. Get lost in Neverland! Run through the forest in Red Riding Hood. Dance by light of the moon in The Owl and the Pussy Cat. You will also find the characters in each tale serve as an inspiration for Halloween costumes unlike any other! As always with each issue you will find simplicity. Thanksgiving brings you easy and affordable ways to turn a child’s table setting into a fun way to pass the time before dinner or glitter pumpkins to adorn the table with year after year. In Baking with the Jones, you will find simple and affordable recipes that are easy to make and are fun to do as a family. There is so much to share and many details for you to discover. This issue was truly a pleasure to create. We are so excited you are here with us again as we continue to make our dreams a reality, in Momazine.

Jaime Compton & Lauryn Crowley

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Meet theSaints

Photography by Kim Adams | Kim Adams PhotographyArticle | Jaime Compton

Have you ever met someone that has moved you to stop and re-ex-amine your life, question your pri-orities, and inspire you to look deep within yourself?

Most often it is uncomfortable to look at oneself and determine whether you are doing your share in God’s eyes.. Questions arise like, how will I ever be worthy of such a gift given to us in Christ’s death and resurrection, as our salvation? Will I ever be able to do enough to help others? After meeting the Saints re-cently I have discovered you take it one day at a time. Through the ways in which they live their lives I have learned you answer where and when God calls. My priest’s homily was not lost on me a few Sundays ago even though I took three trips to the bathroom with my three year old to gain con-trol of his less than savory church behavior. Yet, I still managed to tune in when he spoke about what it means to participate in your Christianity. He began his message with a story of a young parishioner whose parents were very unhappy with him. Father suggested that the boy take action instead of waiting to be told what to do. Early one Sun-day morning, the boy took his wise

advice and cut the grass before his parents had a chance to ask him. Obviously this had the desired af-fect and the boy’s parents were very pleased. From thence, numerous ways were mentioned in which a person could go above and beyond to help others. Father Pat suggested some minister to the sick or pick up a shift at the soup kitchen, take din-ner to their neighbors or lead a Bible study. As Father pointed out these ways in which a person can actively take part in what it means to follow Christ; I began to question myself. Does painting the Happy Hearts birthday chair count or how about signing up for room mom at my boys’ schools? Was I doing enough to help others without God having to ask me?

Then, I meet Jessica Saint and the entirety of my Church homily the previous Sunday came to fruition. Here is Jessica Saint, a mother to six beautiful girls that has found her-self answering God’s calling, often. Most recently His calling has led Jessica and her husband Jaime to a mother and her children in need of a loving home and support without judgment. The Saint Family for the time being has grown from eight to twelve as they help care for the mother and her three children. As

the interview progresses, one of the small children Jessica and Jamie are now responsible for helping, happily plays around us. I watch her gently pat his back and smile as he makes his way to us on the couch. Jessica mentions that hopefully the seeds of faith will become planted in those

entrusted to her care, if only for a short while she has the opportunity to plant them. As ironies would go, this one act is of enormous measure because that small seed the Saints plant in those around them can grow into eternal life through Christ and so my Happy Hearts birthday chair pales in comparison. I find myself, in the midst of conversation, exam-ining my own life. So with her soft and humbling words about loving

people and God, I found myself not wanting to leave. There was more I wanted to hear, or rather I needed to hear. As humble people typically do (thinking I’m not one of these types), Jessica Saint most certainly downplays her role as a mother of six. On a good day with my two chil-dren I find myself biting my nails to the quick and stepping up my Su-doku puzzle activity as an approach to dealing with stress. Her, not so much, instead she sews and creates gorgeous things (like converting a Target table cloth into an entire set of curtains in the kitchen).

Throughout the summer, her hus-band Jaime traveled on Vision trips to Ecuador, Bolivia, and Africa as she managed all six Saint Girls by herself. The Saints prefer to call their travels VISION TRIPS instead of Mission trips. Mission trips of-ten create a dependency on those in need of help whereas VISION TRIPS, like those that Jaime Saint embarks on, create independence by teaching those less fortunate how to care for themselves. Jaime

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