Hey guys, it's Mike. This week, I wanted to share a story I heard a long time ago that's always stuck with me. I don't remember where I first heard it, and I would gladly give full credit to whoever came up with it if I did know. Since I don't, I will do my best to tell my own version of the tale, highlighting what I loved about it. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this story as much as I do.

Greetings, it's Bryan, your friendly neighborhood YAM-NW Co-Chair, again. Today I’m writing about a topic that's a big part (especially today) of Catholic Social Justice Teaching; that as Catholics we are called to be Pro-Life - and not just in the case of abortion but to respect life from conception to natural death. To address, #WhyWeMarch and how even as a man, I can be Pro-Life and Pro-Women.

Hey, this is blog post #2 and my name is Mike Miklius. I am on the board of YAM-Northwest, and I am excited to have the opportunity to write to you today. I have been in education since I graduated college, and I love to write as a hobby. Though I mostly dabble in fiction, I also enjoy thinking about my faith and reflecting on what I have learned, as well as what still confuses me. It has struck me in the last year that being Catholic is an often paradoxical experience. We should avoid doing too much of A or B for risk of creating false gods for ourselves.

Hey YAM-Nation! Welcome to the YAM-NW Blog! This is a project that we've been considering for quite a while, and it's finally become a reality. We had originally crafted this idea in a fit of "genius" on how we could extend our social media reach. Bryan, your friendly neighborhood YAM-NW Co-Chair here. I guess some sense of responsibility (and a bit of gluttony for punishment) has me being the first contributor. So I figure, what better way to create the way forward than to spend some time in reflection looking back at YAM-NW's 2018. Get your reminiscing hats on, because here we go.