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Beauty Kills Me

When I was a child, I was the biggest cry baby in the world. If I didn’t get my way, I cried. As I got older, if I lost any game from checkers to kickball, I brooded. If I got… Continue Reading →

Nature/Nurture and Survival of the Roughest

Two of my daughters started soccer Saturday. They’re on the same team. One is five and the other is six. They’re not even a year apart in age. But they approach everything from very different perspectives. The more I hang… Continue Reading →

Horror Story from Meet The Teacher Night

This piece has no general point. There’s nothing to be learned from this except that I’m a dork and you should never bring a Gulp…no…a Super Big Gulp to a meeting. Last night was the “Meet the teacher” night where… Continue Reading →

He Gave All

This is a beautiful and salient story from the Washington Post about a father who gave all for his son. Our condolences go out to the family and friends of this great and good man. If you ever ran into… Continue Reading →

Teaching Children to Love

Yesterday around 3:30 in the afternoon I was desperate to get out of the house so I decided to take the children out to the playground down the street. We were all starting to drive each other crazy so out… Continue Reading →

“Fall off the Cliff” Catholic

A man fell over a cliff, but caught the edge and called for help. “Is anyone up there? God, can you help me?” A deep voice answered: “Let go.” The man said: “Let go? I can’t let go, I’ll fall.”… Continue Reading →

What Animals Eating Other Animals Taught Me

While the children assaulted imaginary villains in the front room I had a few moments alone and I clicked on a documentary which consisted of animals bounding, leaping and tearing at each other. Other than WWII documentaries, they’re my favorite… Continue Reading →

Why Can’t We Tickle Ourselves?

My six year old approached me this morning with what seemed by her facial expression to be an important and serious question. Why couldn’t she tickle herself, she asked. Her fingers danced without effect around her neck as her little… Continue Reading →

I’m A Wii Catholic

You know how you buy Christmas gifts for people and then you just never get around to seeing them. I’ve had two candy-cane gift wrapped boxes in the corner of the television room for months. I’ve actually dusted them. So… Continue Reading →

My Ears Turn Off

Overheard: Six year old to younger sister: You never hear anything.Five year old: I know. It’s weird. Sometimes my ears turn off when people start talking to me. This is completely believable to me as I took her in to… Continue Reading →

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