by Leslie Sholly | Aug 15, 2018 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, rants
You swore to yourself a long time ago There were some things that people never needed to know . . . And you can’t talk about it Because you’re following a code of silence . . . That’s not the kind of code you’re inclined to break Some things...
by Leslie Sholly | May 29, 2018 | rants
Sometimes I think back to when I first started this blog–eight years ago, if you can believe it! I didn’t have a clue. I didn’t know how to get people to read it. I didn’t know anything about branding. I had never heard of SEO. I...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 18, 2017 | Abortion, Catholicism, Life Issues, Politics, rants, Uncategorized
On November 2, 2016 I joined Pantsuit Nation, an online community of Hillary supporters. Â The group, now almost four million strong, comprised people of many different backgrounds and beliefs, united by our support of Hillary and fear of a Trump presidency. I posted...
by Leslie Sholly | Jan 12, 2017 | family, Life Issues, Politics, rants, Uncategorized
Dear Facebook Friends: Next time you are tempted to gleefully post about how happy you are to see ObamaCare repealed, I want you to think about the people whose lives are going to be affected dramatically when that happens. Â I want you to think about people who are...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 26, 2016 | Parenting, rants
I didn’t write anything about how awful people were when the little boy fell into the gorilla enclosure. Â I didn’t say anything about how quick people were to judge the poor parents whose child was killed by the alligator. Â What finally put me over the...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 7, 2015 | family, rants
Americans have a lot of stuff.  Let’s take a look at some of these statistics excerpted from Joshua Becker’s article in his blog, Becoming Minimalist, shall we? There are 300,000 items in the average American home (LA Times). I have no intention of...