From day one, one of the most intimidating things about parenthood for me has been how to teach my children sexual morality. I’m sure I’m not alone in this. As with every area of parenting, we think about the way we were raised—what worked, what didn’t—and we try to imitate and improve. Of course, what…
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Family Time
This year, Christian and I decided to make some New Years Resolutions for our marriage. I had suggested this before, but he resisted last year, fearing (correctly) that I had an agenda. And because I knew he was correct, I also knew I couldn’t force the issue. So this year when I brought it up…
Read MoreChanging the World, One Pixel at a Time
Image via Wikipedia For the last couple of days, everyone has been sounding off on the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Sheriff Clarence Dupnik blames the tenor of politics. Rush Limbaugh (of course) blames the Democrats—if not for the shooting, at least for daring to say that the tenor of political commentary such as his…
Read More7 Quick Takes, Vol. 101
___1___ Best link of the week, hands down, in honor of the upcoming movie release (anybody want to be super geeky and dress up for a midnight showing? 😉 ): Hogwarts Gets the Internet. Ever wondered what Dobby might say on Facebook? ___2___ All right, people. This is a note to some of you…
Read MoreBecause They’re Worth It
How do I write what I’m feeling without passing judgment? On the first read-through, I thought the baby had died in utero. He wrote it to be intentionally vague, until the middle of his essay, when he says that the nuchal fold screening was what caused all the problems the first time around. And suddenly,…
Read MoreLemons, Lemonade
Kauffman Stadium Open House Originally uploaded by smysnbrg At 2:30 on Saturday afternoon, Christian and Alex left for a Kansas City Royals game. (Baseball, the quintessential boys’ date.) Left at home with two little ones, I had plans of my own. They involved novel revision at naptime and a whole lotta scrapbooking—in front of…
Read More7 Quick Takes, vol. 91
1. I got a speeding ticket last night. (Yes, Kelley, on the way home from your house.) It was actually really unfair–not b/c I wasn’t speeding (I’m sure I was; I thought I was following traffic, but it was at the bottom of a very long hill, and a Chrysler Town & Country carries a…
Read MoreTo Be, or not to be…happy
Here we go again. Did you see the piece in New York Magazine? The one about how parenthood makes people less happy? Here are a some real gems: “…all parents spend more time today with their children than they did in 1975, including mothers, in spite of the great rush of women into the American…
Read MoreAn Interview with Kimberly Hahn
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…
Read MoreNationalized 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…
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Kathleen M. Basi 