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Desperate Tears Times, Desperate Measures

The Ogre: "I read your post." Me: "What'd you think?" The Ogre: "Sounds good. Maybe...

September 01, 2015

I had thought by now that my blogging would be back in full swing. Once...

August 2015

August 19, 2015

Thank You, Baby Jesus

For this unparalleled first-week-of-school gift There are real things I'd like to blog about now...

August 02, 2015

All Parenthood is #UnplannedParenthood

Me: "Liam Alexander, stop taking your penis out of your underwear and put on a...

August 01, 2015

This is our 5th unplanned pregnancy. Yes, we are abysmal at NFP and super-fertile, which...

July 2015

July 30, 2015

When Life Gives You Lice, Break Your Toe

Home, sweet home. It's so glorious to come home after an extended time away. I...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

Why I Remain Catholic

June 10, 2015

Door Number 9

Remember yesterday, when I put up an awesome picture my friend Elisa drew for me?...

June 09, 2015

Whole 30 Road Trip Blues

Sorry for the silence after my last update...it was not intentional and I'm not slipping...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

Oh Hi, I’m Alive

So I'm not dead or anything, in case you were wondering. I gather that my...

April 2015

April 08, 2015

Charming Charlie and Her Bad Daddy

Liam went to school with the girls this morning for a half-day of shadowing and...

April 05, 2015

Christos Anesti!

DEATH Before us great Death stands Our fate held close within his quiet hands. When...

April 04, 2015

The Still Point of the Turning World

The first time I went to a Catholic church on Good Friday, to celebrate the...

April 03, 2015

Streams of milk or tears to offer

If you had really wanted to be strong, you would not have come from a...

April 02, 2015

Land of the Freeish, Home of the Tattlers

Good God Almighty, America, grow the eff up. Seriously, we have become a nation of...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Little Girls Who Body-Shame

It finally happened -- the thing I've been dreading since I heard "it's a girl"...

March 24, 2015

They Got Microchips in the Condoms, Everyone!

Don't use 'em! (PS: my mom is totally going to unfriend me for sharing this)

March 24, 2015

Forgive Me Starbucks, For I Have Sinned

Starbucks really thought it could get America to confess our sins by writing about them...

March 20, 2015

iZombie is Veronica Mars, with Cup O’Noodle Brain Soup

I know, I know -- not another zombie show! But iZombie brings the fun to...

March 19, 2015

Theology of the Booty

On Facebook, Jennifer Fulwiler is asking for 10-word descriptions of worst Mass experiences ever. After...

March 18, 2015

Temporal Darkness & Eternal Light, One Year In

Olivia and Emma died a year ago today. It didn't seem like it could possibly...

March 16, 2015

Betrayal and Bloodlust: Evil in the Human Heart

Yesterday morning I woke up thinking about Mycenae. Sounds weird, I know, but that sun-baked...

March 10, 2015

A Better Barrier Method

Yesterday was the first day of spring break. We've finally reached the sniffly beginning of...

March 06, 2015

So You Think Pro-Lifers Only Care About the Babies?

Well, we don't. We also care about single moms raising kids on their own, and...

March 05, 2015

Why an Ill-Timed Virus Reminded Me That My Parents are Awesome

I had really hoped that the two-week bout of sickness was the end of it,...

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