June 2005

Why is it that dissenting Catholics always insist every moral teaching must be defined infallibly and ex cathedra before they will feel obligated to believe it (let alone follow it) yet they feel free to call the Catholics loyal to … Read the rest

It’s so weird having a scheduled C-section. I’ve always gone into spontaneous labor before. Having a date on the calendar and KNOWING when it was going to happen was a totally new experience.

My oldest child had been born via … Read the rest

I’ve mentioned before that my mom has multiple myeloma. It’s a fatal form of plasma cancer. Although some people decline and die rapidly after diagnosis, many other people can and do live long lives post diagnosis. It depends on how … Read the rest

I was looking for articles to make writing friendlier for my 12-year-old, (who hates to write) when I came upon this series of articles. I thought I could probably benefit from them too and perhaps some of you might find … Read the rest

There’s still time to get this nice biography of John Paul II by George Weigel. It’s a HUGE paper back with nice pictures, very well researched. Just click on my eBay logo on the side bar

I’ll have some more … Read the rest

One of the non-Catholic blogs I follow is Marla Swaffer, formerly known as the Proverbial Wife. She had an essay contest on her blog over the past month. The prize was to sit on a new be part of a … Read the rest

Little Rosie finally has this nursing thing down. I’m not as sore and I think she might actually be picking up some weight. That solved, we are also settling into somewhat of a schedule. So the long summer languishes in … Read the rest

Many of you are probably already aware of the struggle the family of Susan Torres is having. She is the young woman who unknowingly had metastatic brain cancer and her family is trying to keep her body going until her … Read the rest

I was surfing the net yesterday and came to the “Alas, a Blog” blog and it’s defense of partial birth abortion. One of their arguments was the elusive health and life of the mother argument. As I have had that … Read the rest