by Leslie Sholly | Nov 13, 2014 | Abortion, Babies, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, rants, Uncategorized
I haven’t tackled a topic like this in a while.  But, y’all, I can’t write about pretty graveyards and fall hikes all the time. Today I read this story about an Australian woman who traveled to the United States to undergo in vitro fertilization and...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 26, 2014 | Babies, Catholicism, Contraception, Deep Thoughts, family, health, Life Issues, Parenting, pregnancy
I’m late to the party, but thought I should do my bit to promote NFP Awareness Week. If you aren’t Catholic (and in a sad commentary on . . . lots of things, maybe even if you are) you may have no idea what NFP even is. Â The doctor I went to see right...
by Leslie Sholly | May 13, 2014 | Babies, books, death, Life Issues, sponsored
A few months ago, I was honored to be chosen as an “Off the Shelf” reviewer for Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City.  Y’all may have noticed by now that I love books.  So why wouldn’t I be thrilled to have the opportunity to read quality books...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 6, 2013 | Abortion, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, rants
So I kind of went on a tear on Facebook the other day. Â I flipped out just a little bit. Â Here’s what I said: Â “When certain people assume that “women” all believe the same things and support the same issues I get really, really irritated....
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 22, 2013 | Abortion, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues, Politics
If you’re on Facebook you can’t escape knowing that today’s the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Â If you have a diverse group of Facebook friends like I do you’ll have seen a bewildering array of contradictory posts, some commemorating the day...
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). Â “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...