Five minutes before my children go to bed, I am not feeling very holy. They are tired and I am exhausted. There are blue globs of toothpaste in the sink basin...
Family
Tami Hollendonner remembers the extent of her sex education as a Catholic teen in the 1970s. “My mom and dad never told me about the birds and the bees...
Anyone who survives the dentist's drill should be able to pass this acid test. As I sit terrified in a car crammed with 15-year-old boys, my own at the...
It happened again last Sunday, as it has happened other Sundays. A young couple arrives—usually late—with an infant and toddler in tow. After making a...
We stand together on the sidelines of our sons soccer match. A gaggle of parents stamping our feet against the creeping cold, huddling under umbrellas away...
Years ago, I learned a lesson about passing on religious faith during a golden summer while my family was on vacation. My daughters were young, about ages 3...
I had never thought about it in quite that way. Never thought about parenting as a "charism." A calling perhaps. An undertaking of immense spiritual...
Earth-friendly living starts at home. My family's attempts to lessen our impact on the earth remind me of driving a car with a manual transmission for the...
A first-time mom sees Easter anew through the eyes of her infant son. For Lent last year, I gave up Easter. To be more precise, I gave up the Easter and Holy...
There are many passages in the parent-child relationship: birth, weaning from the breast or bottle, preschool or kindergarten, high school, full-time work or...
