This spring, I had the opportunity to interview Kimberly Hahn for an article in the Couple to Couple League’s Family Foundations magazine. Catholic audiences need no introduction to Mrs. Hahn and her husband. But for those who aren’t familiar with their work, Scott and Kimberly Hahn were a Protestant minister’s family who converted to Catholicism…
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Nationalized Health Care, Down Syndrome, and Abortion
I’m going to go out on a limb today and say something that a good portion of my readership probably won’t like. Namely: I support Obama’s health care plan. You might remember that last year a group of us put together a bill to mandate coverage of “habilitative” services for children with special needs. This…
Read MoreWFMW: Weight Loss (Real and perceived)
Ah, it’s that time of year again. Carbo heaven in November, cookie kingdom all through December; cream cheese-laden appetizers and desserts, multiple family feasts…and even as we gorge our way through the holidays, we cringe inwardly, knowing that there is a price to pay for all that richness. It’s January when everybody gets “serious” about…
Read MoreSnip-ety Link, take 2
Sunday Snippets is a group of bloggers who gather once each week to share out best posts. This week, I’ve had quite a lot to say on the subject of faith! “Second Chances” is about finding our way back to God’s plan when we’ve screwed things up the first time around. There’s “Confessions of a…
Read MoreOK, folks, I need to hear from YOU!
OK, all you NFP users out there…I need your help. I’m writing the cover story for CCL’s Family Foundations’ March-April issue on “Responsible Parenthood,” and I need stories. Are you someone who came to understand responsible parenthood, and that understanding radically shifted your family planning and parenting? How do you know it’s time for another…
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My whole life, I have been a poster child for Catholicism. I was a choir baby, which means that on Lenten and Advent Wednesdays, I sat on hard pews and read or did homework while Mom and Dad rehearsed. I started playing flute at church at the tender age of ten or eleven, and by…
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Kathleen M. Basi 