Grace through Suffering
This originally appeared  in The East Tennessee Catholic in 2006. It was late at night–later than a twelve-year-old should have been awake–when Jake discovered me crying in front of the computer. Like all children, he doesn’t like to see his mother cry, and he asked...
Pro-life, or Anti-Abortion?
This is a reprint of the very first column I had published in The East Tennessee Catholic. Although it appeared in late 2001, I had actually written it over two years before, as one of three sample columns which were rejected by the then-editor. What does it mean to...
The Secret to a Happy Life
The following is a reprint of a column that appeared in The East Tennessee Catholic in 2002. When I was pregnant with my third child, friends, family, and strangers in the mall all seemed desperate to know: “Was it planned?” At first I answered,...
What Is a Baby?
Twenty-eight years ago today–and I remember well my horror at the time, the parents of a child known forever as Baby Doe apparently decided that he was not a human being deserving of love and care when they allowed him to starve rather than correct a minor...
What’s in a Name?
The following is a reprint of a column that ran in The East Tennessee Catholic newspaper on August 11, 2002. It explains the name of my former column, which is now the name of this blog. Names are important. Think of the time we spend choosing the names we give our...
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In many ways, Charlotte Fien-Emlen is a typical young woman. When I first spoke with her, she was planning her wedding, and in our last email exchange she was worried about taking her college exams. B...
I still remember the day he died and how sad I was.
20 years after his death, Mister Rogers still offers a model for authenticity in a digital age
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What sets Fred Rogers apart from so many other public figures is very simple. I believe wholeheartedly that, given the chance, he would have been glad to meet me. And you.
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