So there I was at the train station minding my own business when a young lady walked past wearing a pair of tights. At least
Since Rebecca Taylor and I had such a good time chatting with each other last month, we decided to try it again…and possibly make it a regular series!
Lest you think I’m writing about the “other” cafeteria Catholic as one standing in judgment, I want to give you a little back story. I
“We may never be faced with the big decision for or against Christ, but we are faced fifty times a day with the little decisions
A couple of months ago I logged-on to find the following e-mail appropriately shuffled into my high priority inbox: “How you do keep your hope?
“Can a man who’s warm understand one who’s freezing?” This is the question pondered by Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, a prisoner at a forced-labor camp in
Mary Magdalene with the Smoking Flame, Georges de La Tour You will die. A friend of mine sells life insurance. He told me that every time someone new
A few months ago, I quit the full-time job I’d landed right out of school, married a college senior, moved four states away, and planned
***Warning:This is a Crying Post, Grab Your Kleenex*** Three years ago, we lost our Bernadette half-way through pregnancy to a knot in her cord.
Judge me if you will, but I’m completely unimpressed by celebrity culture. While I’m sure that these are all perfectly lovely people in real
The one issue voter is dead. Today’s elections are no longer about a single issue. Here is a list of One Issues: Abortion Euthanasia Embryonic
Our society is very fond of euphemisms. We like to wrap up difficult ideas and realities with words that make us feel warm and fuzzy,
Amazing. Beautiful. Necessary. – It’s difficult to find the right words to describe the angelically perfect sound of Advent At Ephesus – an upcoming
After almost a year of ballet I’m still super horrible. I never realized how physically demanding it was, how literally every muscle in your body
I have heard the defense many times and it ends conversations. “Men can speak about abortion when they get a uterus.” At first,
No, I will not write his name on the ballot. I believe that voting for a third party, a third person, is a symbolic act.
Today is the feast of Blessed John Paul II. He is often referred to as John Paul the Great, but I will always know him
Flax oil was the gateway. When I got engaged two years ago and signed up for Natural Family Planning courses, I received a hefty box
Below is the conclusion to my conversation with Teri and Amanda about special needs etiquette. You can read Part I here. How do you want
In our current election cycle, perhaps more than any other in the last forty years, we have two candidates for President with stark, contrasting views
It turns out that I am dying. One day, in the not too distant future, I will be dead. It may be tomorrow or it
