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September 2015

September 03, 2015

Gender Reveal Parties and the Discernment of Amoral Issues

A reader writes: I cannot understand why some practicing Catholics that I know do not...

September 02, 2015

No, It’s Not Okay to Flip Off Your Sleeping Baby

In Slate, Education Columnist Rebecca Schuman shares a gallery of photos of herself flipping off...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Watch Planned Parenthood Arranging to Sell Fetal Livers, Brains, and Hearts Over Lunch

It helps to know which organs you are hoping to retrieve, Nucatola explains: So then...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Big Families Say “Laudato Si!”

Got a big family? Then you already know that you’re crazy, a traitor to...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Carve Out Time for These Few Essentials

You'll also find regular exercise gives you more energy to do something that is absolutely...

April 07, 2015

I don’t know nothin’ about raisin’ no babies, apparently.

That's not a naked bottom. That's a grenade, and you are its next victim unless...

March 2015

March 13, 2015

Welcome, baby! 12 gifts that new moms want the most

New baby gifts! Fun to receive, fun to give, almost impossible to get wrong. The...

March 11, 2015

Happy two weeks, baby Corrie!

Two weeks old! Here is Corrie having a little snuggle and a big yawn: ...

February 2015

February 06, 2015

Over and over again

Pro-lifers routinely refer to "the miracle of life," a phrase which isn't really technically accurate. ...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

March for Life, in person or in spirit

As massive as the crowds of pro-lifers are at the March for Life, there...

January 14, 2015

A baby shower! For me!

Ideally, I'd love to meet all of you in person, offer you some sheet cake...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Why I am not too worried about how Benny will adapt to a new baby in the house

Behold, her maternal side.

October 07, 2014

Believe it or not, having ten kids changes you.

Baby #1: Uh oh, I think the jelly I had on my toast yesterday might...

September 2014

September 05, 2014

Why I don’t say “I’m so blessed.”

The other day, a woman lashed out at me for announcing my latest pregnancy online....

August 2014

August 22, 2014

The Case for Siblings: Why Having a Baby Is Good for Your Other Kids

[This post originally ran at Faith and Family Live in 2010, when I was pregnant with #8....

August 20, 2014

I have a job for you, baby.

Not the little guy who just kicked me for the first time, that...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

What did you almost name your kid?

The other day, my groceries were scanned by a woman whose nametag said "Alma." I...

June 19, 2014

At the Register: Babies as Teachers

Skeptics may groan at yet another extraneous, feel-good program, where tax dollars are squandered on things...

June 18, 2014

Dr. Greg Popcak on marriage after baby

I'm putting together an article for Our Sunday Visitor about how marriages change after a...

January 2014

January 02, 2014

A long Holy Saturday

Last night, I was cold and couldn't sleep, so I snuggled up against my husband,...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

Jennifer Fulwiler interviews me from aboard her TARDIS

No paradoxes were created in the making of this interview, in which Jen Fulwiler of...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Why give birth? Why love?

Wow. Many, many thanks to Garard Nadal for posting this incredibly pro-life short film from...

November 05, 2013

At the Register: Saving Lives, Not Just Solving Problems

Today: people who aced their design assignment -- but instead of moving along, they went...

July 2013

July 23, 2013

At the Register: Let’s Try Not to Use Babies

Oh, just making myself popular with pro-lifers again.

July 02, 2013

At the Register: the Earth Is a Nursery

How lunch with friends turned a little bit Children of Men-ish. And that's all for...

March 2011

March 23, 2011

Why doesn’t the Church just make a list?

image source When Catholics talk about NFP, someone always asks rather plaintively why the Church...

March 07, 2011

My Love Is Like a Big Red Dog

My kids are pretty, pretty smart. But not quite as smart as I think they...

February 2011

February 02, 2011

Defund! Defund! Defund!

From the Boston Globe: A Massachusetts antiabortion group has unveiled a bill that would let...

January 2011

January 26, 2011

Here in Topeka

Sorry for the silence, folks. I'm suffering from 80% disease: I have about six posts...

November 2010

November 19, 2010

7 Quick Takes: I have the pictures!

Oh yes! A Seven Quick Takes that is truly miscellaneous, like it's supposed to...