I am fascinated by the Catholic Church. I attended Catholic school from first through sixth grade. I was sent there by my very much not religious agnostic mother and atheist father. It’s like a set up for a bad sitcom, right? I loved my Catholic school education though was always deeply skeptical of organized religion […] Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘parenthood’
The Two Things I will Never Tell My Children
As mothers we spend a lot of our time shielding our kids from the harsh realities of the world until they are ready to face them. School shootings, dead three-year-old Syrian refugees, teens who overdoes on heroine, missing commercial airliners – the list of frightening things that our children can be exposed to is overwhelming. […] Read more…
Before I was a Grownup
As working moms, our days are filled with obligations – to our children, to our husbands, to our employers or businesses. We race at breakneck speed from the office to a client and then onto soccer practice. We’re constantly focused on what’s next – you know that and not forgetting our children at school. And to […] Read more…