Let’s be real: Parenting is hard. I love being a parent, and it’s by far the most challenging, demanding, and sacrificial part of my life. It’s perfectly fine...
Parenting
Growing up as one of four brothers in a family that was active in our parish, it was difficult to attend Mass or another church function without a random...
Batter Up: Answering the Call of Faith & Fatherhood James R. Walters (New City Press, 2022) Now that I am a father of two young children, I see the world...
As the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest to settle her young, My home is by your altars, LORD of hosts, my king and my God! Blessed are those who...
I didn’t realize that my 3-year-old likes popcorn. But more significantly, I didn’t realize that I didn’t know things about my 3-year-old. I was awakened to...
My favorite photo of my husband and son was taken in the early hazy days of parenthood when the latter was about 2 weeks old. It’s not a very good photo by...
As the oldest child in a large, conservative Catholic family, I was raised to believe that my purpose as a woman was to become a wife and mother. Caring for my...
The cliché—though it’s true—is that kids teach their parents far more than their parents teach them. I have found this most often to be the case in perspective...
When I was in college, I was late to the game in applying for campus work study positions, so I got stuck working in the fundraising call room. While I hated...
If you’re anything like me, your time spent in the confessional often features more than a little sinful déjà vu. No matter how frequently or infrequently I...
