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November 2013

November 14, 2013

Standing with Thom, and a reflection on suffering and mercy.

Today, a bunch of my friends from college are posting and tweeting under the hashtag...

November 04, 2013

Trust

http://catholiclane.com/miracles-faith-and-abandonment/http://www.newmanreader.org/works/meditations/meditations9.html “Therefore, I will trust Him, whatever I am, I can never be thrown away. If...

November 04, 2013

Stop Looking for Peace

The ideal doesn't exist. The personal equilibrium and the harmony people dream of come only...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

The Pursuit of Happiness

I've realized that somewhere along the way I stopped thinking of happiness as a goal,...

October 24, 2013

Empathy and Repentence

I had one of those moments last week that sparks hope and excitement over this...

October 16, 2013

Is life a gift?

Head on over to the Personalist Project to read my piece on Chesterton and gratitude:......

September 2013

September 07, 2013

An Injured Love

I wrote this a decade ago, during the lead-up to the Iraq War. Not much...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

Single mom, eleven children.

I've been following Kristin's blog for a couple of years now, and am impressed by...

August 22, 2013

Joy

Our family hasn't had the life I once thought I needed to be happy. My...

August 12, 2013

A letter to my son, who asked me to write him something long.

My dearest son,When I see you growing in knowledge, wisdom, and temperance (self-control), it makes...

August 07, 2013

The lazy housekeeper

Strangely enough, despite my personal struggles with housekeeping over the years, I found myself cleaning...

August 01, 2013

Facebook Fragments

Fear is the enemy, people. Caution is laudable, prudence is wise, and foresight and preparation are...

July 2013

July 25, 2013

Free Play vs. Structure, and Parenting an ADHD kid.

NPR has an interesting and quick read on the change in children's play over the...

July 24, 2013

Thought for today

It's so easy to fall into excusing our own vices by comparison with the sins...

July 23, 2013

Finding a voice

I got a copy of Wil Wheaton's Just a Geek as part of an e-book...

July 02, 2013

Our Lady Untier of Knots

June 2013

June 25, 2013

And now, some Natural Family Planning talk.

A group I am on recently got to discussing different NFP methods, after a newcomer...

June 04, 2013

When did complimenting kids become so difficult?

I saw this article posted on Facebook today, and although I recognized the title as...

June 02, 2013

Weekend project

I wanted to freshen up my Mom's statue of Mary during the month of May,...

May 2013

May 23, 2013

Lovely Little 'Lina Rosehas a smudge upon her nose;has a bruise upon her knee;and 'round...

May 20, 2013

Raffle!

Hallie is hosting a raffle for Father's Day.In return, she's asking for some promotion for...

May 14, 2013

A YA book meme

Because there's nothing like imitation for breaking blog silence. :-)Honestly, I'm in the mood to...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

Cultural “weirdness” and doubting our ancestors

I've been disturbed before by the startingly ahistorical assumptions modern westerners make about their ancestors—the...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

The Intolerance of Tolerance

Ms. Selak, As I read your column (and I admit I am reading it in the...

February 06, 2013

Short People Don’t Play Basketball

Imagine that you're short. (Maybe you don't have to imagine, maybe you've always been a...

February 03, 2013

Chickadees

Chickadee perching on my mitten.Hi there!

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Alternate title: Why Caring About Power/Position Destroys Relationships”

Cracked's David Wong wants you to know that every interpersonal conflict you have is about...

January 28, 2013

Behavior Modification/Therapy and ADHD

I was asked to write a bit about Behavior Modification and ADHD.I can't say I know a...

January 28, 2013

Worth reposting

Perhaps somewhat ironically, I'm reposting a post about not reposting. Confused yet?From 'Rambling Lal', a...

January 25, 2013

I may never resurface

It's all your fault, Julie Davis, if I stay up all night tonight reading the...