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Exterminate the “Nag Bug”! The Gentle Virtue of Self-Control
The other day I opened the front door and found my two kids engrossed in play, drawing chalk pictures on…
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My Story of Becoming a Mom, Part Three: Having It All
I feel that for the most part it is a myth that women can have it all — at least…
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Teaching Teens the Truth about Sin
I never cease to be amazed by what can be included in a high school “health” curriculum these days. I…
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My Story of Becoming a Mom, Part Two: Adoption, a Second Choice, not Second Best
For birthparents, adoptive parents and adoptees, adoption is almost never first choice. The choice of most birthparents would obviously be…
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My Story of Becoming a Mom, Part One: Aching Arms
As a registered nurse, I have patients who experience discomfort in different regions of the arm for a variety of…
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The Blue Nail Polish, Saint-Making and Stepping Out
Amidst their other literary interests, our children invariably return to their various saint books and Glory Stories CD’s (etc.). Of…
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Chernobyl Diaper and Parental Joy
As a two-year old, our Grace had a certain “gift.” We were eager to get her potty trained, as were…
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“But, Why…?”
I have been nibbling away at a book titled, The Difference God Makes, by Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. I say…
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Dressed in Matrimonial Grace
As our eldest daughter perched on the cliff of entry into adolescence, I found myself perched upon a dangerous cliff…
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More than Just Apparent: You’re the Parent!
A couple days ago I had great consternation over my kids’ less than virtuous attitudes, tones and dispositions, wondering where…