by Leslie Sholly | Nov 16, 2012 | Deep Thoughts
So far I have posted every day in November and have had no difficulty finding inspiration. Truth be told, I have whole pages of ideas for blog posts, and new ones float in and out of my head all day every day! Some I remember and some I forget; some I scrawl down...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 8, 2012 | Deep Thoughts, Politics
The last few days before Election Day, my Facebook newsfeed was jammed with posts and memes indicating how tired everyone was of the campaign. One little girl was famously moved to tears over the whole thing, and I think I know how she felt. Constant negativity IS...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 6, 2012 | Abortion, Deep Thoughts, Parenting, Politics, teenagers
I just saw a tweet from an online acquaintance who was upset because her little kindergartner came home with the news that her classmates had told her that “Obama kills babies.” Now that is all kinds of wrong for all kinds of reasons. Number one,...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 5, 2012 | Abortion, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Politics
So, feeling like you do about both Romney and Obama, who ARE you going to vote for? That’s more or less what I was asked by a friend recently, and I promised I would be answering here. There’s going to be a long and complicated explanation before I get to...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 4, 2012 | Deep Thoughts, FIRE, Uncategorized
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:18 I first encountered that quotation as a child when reading The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom. Corrie and her sister Betsie have been imprisoned in a...
by Leslie Sholly | Oct 18, 2012 | Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics
So the other day I was looking at this sort of small boil thing on my leg (I know, I know, TMI but necessary to the story). “Do you think this could be a staph infection?” I asked Teddy, figuring he would be the expert since things like that tend to lurk...