It’s been a long since I last posted here and in truth I thought I’d given up blogging altogether, but here I am so I obviously haven’t just yet. Things have been ridiculously busy and kind of tough this year – not so much in a big, dramatic way, although our family has had more…
Why I Won’t Tell My Kids They Can be Whatever They Want
Image by Bruno Cordioli/Flickr* “What would you like to do when you grow up, kids?” I asked our children the other day. Work as a basketball player, a vet, a detective, a teacher, and a lolly shop owner were answers I got back from the older three. “I want to be an adult when I…
What and How I Get to Read
Do people still read books these days? I’ve been reading Elizabeth Scalia’s book Strange Gods, two letters from readers of my column, Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), numerous blog posts and newspaper articles, and cake recipes from the free supermarket magazine I picked up at the checkout when doing the milk, bread,…
The Ripple Effect of a Slack (or a Great) Lent
Image by Linda/Flickr I’ll never forget the sharp stab of guilt I felt at the conclusion of Lent a couple of years ago. My eldest daughter had struggled beautifully and mostly successfully to give up sweets, despite her younger brothers and sisters occasionally enjoying them in front of her. “A couple of times I…
Marilyn Rodrigues 