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Holiday Related Motivational Speech about Parenting (you’ve been warned, I get mushy)

I’m not here to convert you. You don’t have to believe in God or Jesus or the Spaghetti Monster or anything. I just want to relate to you an important message I was given when I needed it. I am Catholic, though I’m more cafeteria Catholic than anything. I’m happy in my faith, and I’m… Continue reading Holiday Related Motivational Speech about Parenting (you’ve been warned, I get mushy)

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The Moment You Face Your Child’s Mortality

You just read that title and thought “I know my kid is mortal.  I’ve faced this.”  And I would agree with you before my daughter was diagnosed with cancer.   But I didn’t realize what my child’s mortality really was until it slapped me in the face. I knew, when I got pregnant, that I had… Continue reading The Moment You Face Your Child’s Mortality