I’ve made the disclaimer several times in the past week that, no, I’m not pregnant even though I’m posting on this or that pregnancy related topic. Well, the joke’s on me. Turns out I was too quick to make that denial. I...
Once again, Ben is refusing to nurse. He’s miserable and I can’t figure out why. Teething remedies don’t seem to be helping. I’m miserable too and feel helpless and frustrated. Many tears are being shed by both of us. If you...
In one way or another, everyone in the world works in the service of humanity. The physician works directly with the human person. The object of our science and work is the human person who is before us, who tells us about him or herself, who asks...
This morning we had a lovely outing to Boston’s Castle Island Park where we met the lovely Mosher family, Arwen and Bryan and their adorable children, Camilla and Blaise. Of course, in the rush to get out on time I forgot my camera. So I have...
I am a Catholic, and my book will be written from a Christian woman’s perspective, which views pregnancy as a blessing, not a curse; a gift to be accepted in spite of the hardships it birngs, not a disease to be terminated by abortion. This...
She’d been feeling terrible all day. Home from work finally. Stressed. Exhausted. Sick. Just leave me alone. Pull into my shell. Don’t touch me. But as she walks in the door Ben, who has just woken from his nap, raises his head from...
My dearest daughter since your pregnancy prevents you from making your usual long mental prayer, make your prayer short and fervent. Make up for the loss by frequently lifting your heart up to God; often read from some good spiritual book, but only...
For all the bluster about celibates in Rome having no right to dictate what couples do in the bedroom and the pleas for an alleged “primacy of conscience,” most people have no clear idea why the Catholic Church is opposed to...
Yesterday we watched this video of the American Civil War in 4 minutes (posted here by bearing) This morning at breakfast I still had the music running in my head and I wondered aloud what the name of the tune is. We discussed Ken Burns and the way...
for Kathryn Bella picked this purple clover the other day and I was surprised to see how long it has lasted. The poor roses need to be changed out, though. They were already dead when I put the clover on the shelf but I got distracted before I could...
