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October 2024

October 30, 2024

The Mandrake

I was ripping out the last of the tomato cages, when the shrieks began....

August 2024

August 13, 2024

Better than Rubies

I picked a bag of tomatoes for a friend. I'm hauling in more tomatoes than...

April 2023

April 11, 2023

The Question of the Baby Box

I was reading an article about a Florida proposal to install anonymous baby drop boxes...

August 2022

August 11, 2022

Take it Day by Day

On Independence Day, one of the Lost Girls woke up to find that her...

May 2022

May 12, 2022

Yes, Babies in Jail Deserve Formula

I want to address the public statements of several politicians, all Republicans, as regards the...

May 12, 2022

A Word on Breastfeeding, and on Formula

Everyone's talking about infant formula today. And well they should-- America's formula shortage has become...

January 2022

January 06, 2022

“Do They Take Girls Who Are Sterile?”

There was a girl at our church who had cancer. I don't know why...

June 2021

June 04, 2021

To Bear the Rainbow Thirty Seconds

There were two announcements of newborn babies in my Facebook news feed, one after...

March 2021

March 06, 2021

The First Crocus

There is nothing colder than a forty degree day, when it was in the sixties...

August 2020

August 30, 2020

It’s Going to be Okay

I saw a photo today I wanted to share. You can see it on...

August 22, 2020

This Inhuman Place

Want to hear a true crime story? This is one I didn't know about,...

August 18, 2020

Nothing Can Make This Right

I found out today that a baby had died alone. It was all over...

March 2020

March 05, 2020

That Eternal Smile

It was gray, cold, and wet again. It has been gray, cold, and wet, for...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

For Those Who Fear That Life and Family are Feminine

Scrolling through social media early this afternoon, I encountered a public conversation that made...

January 24, 2020

A Eulogy for the March for Life

I have tried so hard to ignore coverage of this year's March for Life. Last...

January 08, 2020

Catholic Social Teaching Is Not Pizza

There is one thing I want my readers to know, on this terrible news day...

December 2019

December 22, 2019

To Believe That Light Will Come

The longest night has come to an end. Things will not be easy from...

December 20, 2019

The Question of Feel-Good Stories

Today, my friends were sharing one of those "feel-good" stories that isn't actually very good....

May 2019

May 11, 2019

If You’re Going to Preach a Homily On Mother’s Day…

I have a message to any priests out there, or any clerics at all...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Is a Do-Not-Resuscitate Killing?

It's been more than eight days since the fiasco at the March for Life. It's...

January 18, 2019

The Pro-Life Movement and the Abduction of Baby Hitler

As I feel that I have said a thousand times on this blog, I...

December 2018

December 30, 2018

Presentation in the Temple

No one looks up when they come in. They're not the kind of people...

December 29, 2018

This Is An Immigrant Baby

This is a baby. In the NICU. Who was in detention in November while 8...

December 05, 2018

No, Pregnancy is Not a Sin

"Thou hast committed fornication; but that was in another country; and besides, the wench...

September 2018

September 22, 2018

And Autumn Began

My daughter, Rose, was delivered by emergency Caesarian, on the first day of Autumn, over...

August 2018

August 25, 2018

Gentleness Has No Gender

After Rose was born, we were a mess. My abusive disaster birth left me...

August 12, 2018

No One is a Bicycle: Why we Need a New Pro-Life Movement

The other day I met a former politician from Rhode Island. I know he was...

May 2018

May 23, 2018

Flight of a Fledgling

There was a knock at the door. I'd just gotten home from a long...

May 03, 2018

Family Spaces

I try not to pay attention to Matt Walsh. If we all ignore him there's...

April 2018

April 25, 2018

Riddle of the Sphinx

It was a glorious Spring day, the first sunny day in weeks. Rose was having...