I have never experienced shame quite as profoundly as I have as a mother. On Monday I decided to walk to afternoon preschool with Gus.   After dropping him off, I headed back with the three younger kids crammed into the stroller.  A small park sits on the corner of our street.   Bernadette and […]

I hate to say that my life is defined by a lie, but some days it kinda is. The lie that it if I accomplish enough, if I get every little thing done and read the kids a million books and grocery shop and clean out the car and eat so crazy healthy and exercise […]

In my youth, I was fascinated by the lives of the saints.   My sisters and I used to beg our mother to read about the saints every night.   More often than not we begged to hear about Maria Goretti because she was our favorite.   It’s a bit of a gruesome story–attempted rape […]

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SuperAbsorbent #CollectiveBias You know when you are at a baby shower and they pass out those cute index cards with the instructions to “write down one bit of wisdom for the new mom”?   Have you done that […]