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August 2018

August 21, 2018

The Heroes in the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report

I have so many thoughts and replies and opinions swirling in my head about the latest...

August 20, 2018

What Sex Abuse is About

Along with most American Catholics, I am in shock, anger and pain over the things...

June 2018

June 08, 2018

Random Thoughts On Suicide

First, if you are suffering from depression or suicidal thoughts, seek help. Go to a...

December 2017

December 20, 2017

Book Review: When We Were Eve

Reviewing this book is a bit difficult because I am pretty bias. I love...

October 2017

October 18, 2017

Keeping Hope Alive

I never sold or did drugs but I dated drug dealers. I hung out in...

February 2017

February 16, 2017

Thank you Bishop Joe Vasquez

I was a brand new Catholic when Bishop Joe Vasquez was appointed to my Diocese....

October 2016

October 11, 2016

Did I Die? Let Me Count The Ways

By now most of you must have heard the leaked tape where Donald Trump explains...

August 2016

August 25, 2016

Catholic Writing, Brands and Authenticity

Waiting tables is a story of how different things are "behind the scenes" verses what...

August 19, 2016

In the Wake of The World’s Tragedies

I have been working almost every day for the last few weeks. My days...

August 03, 2016

Loving Your Spouse in the Desert

A few weeks ago I was cleaning the bookshelf in my living room and I...

August 01, 2016

Lawd, This Election

I am not exactly sure how the GOP managed to nominate the one person in...

July 2016

July 13, 2016

What About My Words

As I watched the memorial for the five fallen officers in Dallas yesterday, I was...

July 08, 2016

Will We Let Fear Win

“I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

What I’ve Learned about Parenting

I have been a mother since I was 16 years old. I have given birth...

May 14, 2016

Abortion, Religion and Politics

So I wrote this blog post the other day, some of you may have read...

May 12, 2016

I am No Longer Pro-life/ **I need to update this post

** I don't know why Patheos is running this blog post today when...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

Fear, Discussion and Reality

Yesterday I wrote a post about the bathroom hoopla. It was shared by my fellow...

April 24, 2016

Bathrooms and Pedophiles

I don't care who can use what bathroom, if you let your child go...

April 11, 2016

I need to Know how to Love Jackwagons

I had great plans on how exactly Friday morning was going to go down. Pope...

April 04, 2016

Interview: Shaka Senghor author of Writing my Wrongs

I am so happy to be able to share with you my interview with Shaka...

April 02, 2016

Authentic Feminism

I have been watching Scandal and other Shondaland shows for a long time wondering what exactly...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Book Review: Writing my Wrongs by Shaka Senghor

In the pages of Shaka Senghor’s memoir, Writing my Wrongs, I found one theme: the...

March 17, 2016

Voting For Trump, Something I can’t Respect

For years I have been told that voting for the lesser evil is the way...

March 12, 2016

The Anger that Looks Familar

I have a lot of opinions on politics which is not really surprising to anyone...

March 11, 2016

The Frustration of Government Assistance

I am typing this after fighting with the food-stamp office for the last 3 1

February 2016

February 19, 2016

7 QT’s The 40th Friday of Lent

1. I haven't really ever considered how different writing for Patheos is from just writing...

February 18, 2016

Walls, Fences and Human Dignity

I am a born and bred Texan Hispanic aka Tejano. My grandfather was born in...

February 05, 2016

Babies, Sex and Birth Control

It is very difficult to find help when you are poor. Sure it seems like...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Our Common Ground

Hateful insults fling from both sides of the abortion debate and fuels violence from both...

November 02, 2015

Purgatory of Addiction

Gov. Chris Christie is in the news this morning talking about drug addiction. Here is...