Our Lady of La Leche | Midnight Momma's Edition

It’s 2 a.m. The house is quiet, the world is asleep, and you’re up again, rocking, feeding, soothing. In those long, dark hours, it can feel like you’re the only one awake. You’re not.

Our Lady of La Leche means “Our Lady of the Milk.” She is the image of Mary as a nursing mother, holding the Infant Jesus close and nourishing Him at her breast. For centuries, mothers have turned to her in the most tender and tiring parts of motherhood: pregnancy, birth, feedings, and the sleepless nights that follow. She knows these hours well. She once rocked her own little one in the dark, and she understands the quiet sacrifice of a mother’s love.

In monastic life, the bell calls the sisters to prayer. They rise at all hours and go where they’re needed. For a mother, that bell is the cry of her little one in the night. Each time she rises to answer it, she answers a holy call of her own. This rosary is a reminder that as you answer your bells, you are not alone. Our Lady keeps watch beside you.

Creamy yellow jade and soft white moonstone carry the soft glow of the moon, like the gentle nightlight that guides you to the nursery. The first three Ave's and second-to-last decades are strung with textured blue coral, chosen so you can feel your way through the Rosary. With a baby in one arm and the lights low, the change beneath your fingers tells you where you are without needing to look.

The Our Father beads are blue goldstone, with shimmering tiny flecks of light, like little galaxies, a glimpse of the vast night sky and the beauty still found in the darkness. Small silver stars rest on either side of each Pater, little points of light to carry you from one decade to the next.

Finished with Chews Life’s signature Miraculous Medal and crucifix bookmark charm, it lets you clip your place and pick right back up where you left off. Prayers interrupted are still prayers. Mark your spot as you answer your bells, and return when the house is quiet again.

🔔 Complete your Midnight Mommas Edition with the matching Midnight Mommas Tee, a soft Comfort Colors tee for every mama answering her bells.

🤍 A Chews Life × Midnight Mommas collaboration. Designed with Sarah of @midnight_mommas for every mama who’s up in the night.

*Made to order, please allow  7-10 days for shipment*

Details

• Full five-decade wrap rosary bracelet that wraps twice around the wrist
• Durable stretch cord, made to slip on and off easily
• Chews Life signature Miraculous Medal and crucifix bookmark charm to mark your place in prayer
• Creamy yellow and white moonstone, textured blue coral, sparkling Our Father beads, and silver star accents
• Includes Miraculous Medal bead to start the rosary 
• Sizing:
  • Small fits 6.5"–7" wrists (omits first pater and Ave's)
  • Medium fits 7"–7.5" wrists