In becoming an adult, and especially since having children, I’ve been shocked by how bad we adults are at play. For children, play is everything and everything is play. For adults, play is compartmentalized. We work now in order to play later. But oftentimes, this means play never really happens. It’s the American stereotype. We get […]
My Birthday
Today is my birthday. When I was little, this was easy to say. I would tell strangers it was my birthday. I felt like everyone in the world should know it was my birthday! My mom and I would plan my parties months in advance and I had no shame about the amount of thought […]
Baptized Baby
She turns her head to the stroller, He smells so good! What IS that? My husband and I look at each other like, Where do we begin? Holy oil? chrism? he got baptized today? But really what we want to say is Grace. You’re smelling grace. And grace doesn’t have much to say or do But […]
Faith in Reality
Our culture often treats faith as synonymous with delusion. At Christmas time we see the word, “believe,” written in whimsical font and we’re not really sure whether it’s referring to Santa or Jesus or whatever-makes-you-happy. This can make people with honest religious faith feel insecure about that faith. When so many beliefs really are delusions […]
Living From Home
There’s a whole lot of debate out there about “working moms” and “stay-at-home moms” and about which of the two is better for children. In theory, “stay-at-home moms” should have more time for their children. But it gets complicated if a mother spends that time irritated, stressed, lonely or […]
What Ash Wednesday Means To My Son
My two-year-old son loves our Catholic faith. He tells us he wants to be the Pope when he grows up. Whenever he sees anything that looks like a cross he processes around with it singing hymns and proclaiming Mass responses. So we were sure he would be thrilled to wear an ash on his head […]
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