by Leslie Sholly | Jul 2, 2010 | Babies
Congratulations to my friend Katie and her husband Jon on the birth of Georgia Allison Hickman, who has brought a gigantic dose of joy to a family sorely in need of it after the loss of the big brother she will never meet in this life. Georgia arrived a month early...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 18, 2010 | Abortion, Babies, Life Issues, pregnancy, Reprints
Time for another reprint from the ETC–yes, and I know, time for some NEW life issues writing; I have ideas, and I promise a new one is germinating. This column appeared, I believe, in 2007. Anyone who has been really involved in the abortion debate for a long...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 1, 2010 | Babies, Catholicism, Reprints
Here’s a column I wrote in August 2007, that seems especially appropriate today. “The circle of life” isn’t just an idea dreamed up by Disney. Every day we are confronted with its reality–births, deaths, and every stage and milestone in between. Rarely, though,...
by Leslie Sholly | May 28, 2010 | Babies, Catholicism, Contraception, Georgetown, Life Issues, pregnancy, Reprints
I’m posting this column reprint as a followup to my “Why Stop at Two” post of a few weeks ago. In that post, I talked about why we’ve chosen to have a big family; this post focuses on the Catholic Church’s teachings on family size. This...
by Leslie Sholly | May 23, 2010 | Babies, books, Parenting, Politics
I am not a parenting expert. I am not a parenting expert. I am not a parenting expert. I want to make sure that I make that perfectly clear! It can be dangerous to be thought of as a parenting expert, because then you are expected to have perfect children. Then...
by Leslie Sholly | May 18, 2010 | Babies, books, Parenting
Most mornings, after I get up at 6:30 and wake the boys, prod Jake to get ready, make breakfast for John, and close the door behind the three of them, I go back to bed for an early morning nap. I try not to feel guilty about this, because I work hard all day long,...