- Culture of Death, Evangelization, Family Life, motherhood, Parenting, Pornography, reality check, social media
Why “Don’t Look” won’t be enough
I am the mother of three sons and one daughter. My kids are young still, but my firstborn is now within a couple years of the average first age of exposure to pornography. Which means that kids…
Smart phone, dumb mom
I wanted a pithier title than that, but the pun artist in me couldn’t resist. #sorrynotsorry Last night my trusty Samsung Galaxy J6 (sounds fake, but real, and amazingly cheap!) bit the dust in the kid’s bathroom under…
- Abortion, Bioethics, Catholic Spirituality, Catholics Do What?, Contraception, Culture of Death, euthanasia, Evangelization, Homosexuality, politics, Pro Life, reality check, relativism, sin, Suffering
The power of language and the witness of words
It is a curious time to be a Catholic Christian. (Is it ever not, though? I think maybe we all fall prey to a little good old fashioned chronological snobbery, whether or not we care to admit…
- Catholic Spirituality, Catholics Do What?, Culture of Death, motherhood, Parenting, Pornography, reality check, Sex, sin
Porn-proofing our kids: practical steps {2 in a series}
{Part 1 here} (I want to start this piece with a plea to anyone who stumbled on this blog today, for however many seconds and from wherever in the world, because you googled “mama porn” or “mama with…
- Abortion, Bioethics, Contraception, Culture of Death, motherhood, NFP, reality check, Women's Health, Women's Rights
Women, know your limits!
I’m just so thankful to be an American with a uterus today, because federal agencies have really got all the bases covered for me. (Which is a relief because who has got time to use reason? Also, science…
Boiling frogs and silent lambs
The last thing I want to write about, now that my belly is proceeding me into every room by approximately 2.3 seconds, is wholesaling baby parts. But dammit if that’s not what’s trending in my newsfeed these…
Ode to Naptime
Scorned in childhood,Oft-maligned and put asideFeigned in college, aided by drink Or study sessions past the midnight hour Now in motherhood,Finally returning to my sensesAnd watching the clockTickTock DownTillNoon And if he sleeps,Then all is wellAnd sometimesI’ll…