by Leslie Sholly | Apr 24, 2018 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Everyday Ediths
Before the last couple of years, worry and anxiety were never challenges for me. I have the kind of mind that just doesn’t hold on the those kinds of things. Unlike my husband, who is consumed with worry pretty much all the time, making him miserable, I have always...
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 29, 2018 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Everyday Ediths, Lent
Maybe the problem is that I have always enjoyed Lent just a little too much. I’ve actually looked forward to it with excitement, thought of it as a challenge, taken on some serious disciplines and stuck to them. But it was last year at this time that I realized that...
by Leslie Sholly | Feb 27, 2018 | books, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Everyday Ediths
“For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery There was once a sad and solitary man named Mr. Hatch. He lived...
by Leslie Sholly | Feb 15, 2018 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, photoblogging
Last year for Lent I participated in an online book club via WINE (Women in the New Evangelization) in which we read and discussed Walk in Her Sandals. Our facilitator (Allison Gingras of Reconciled to You) came up with the fun Instagram challenge below. At first I...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 16, 2018 | Babies, Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Parenting
Growing up Catholic, if I thought about the word “vocation” at all, it was in the context of a call to the priesthood. We were encouraged to pray for more vocations because of the looming shortage of priests. And this sense of vocation as a specifically...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 13, 2017 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, family, linkups
I’m a little late with my post for the CWBN blog hop this month. I’m pretty good about dashing off a post at the last minute, but I felt such a serious topic deserved a little more reflection than that. Out of the many hopes I have for the coming year,...