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For Thou Art With Me: Trusting God With Our Son and His Addiction
Everyone knows of a handful of days that change who you think you are. Death removes someone you love from…
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How to Behave at Mass
I don’t know if I am getting old, but have you noticed that people don’t seem to know how to behave at Mass anymore? I…
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I Think it was Love at First Sight
I was riding the ski lift with one of my pupils, a little girl of roughly seven years. She could…
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Why a Child is a Good Idea
Today, in “Annie’s Mailbox” newspaper column, a woman who admitted having no desire for children wrote: “Babies are messy, leaky,…
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The Perils of Growing Up a Girl
She arrived pink and plump, sporting a full head of cotton-soft brown hair and that intoxicatingly sweet scent that only…
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For Mothers Everywhere: On Scrubbing Toilets and the Challenger Disaster
Twenty-six years ago, on January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight,disintegrating over the…
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Obedience and Ballroom Dancing
I don’t think anyone would argue with the notion that in order to learn any new skill, you need to…
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A Letter to My Daughter
My dear daughter, I know that you feel like no one can possibly understand the way you feel right now. …
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“The Middle” – A Shameless Plug
We mothers are a “Jane of all trades.” My skills have been evolving for decades now. I didn’t start off…
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Our Second Baby Needs a Name
At adoration last week, I prayed a rosary for a dear friend who recently lost a baby eight weeks into…