by Leslie Sholly | Nov 1, 2018 | books, Catholicism
It is a secret to no one who knows me, whether on social media or in real life, that I love Pope Francis. So when I was offered the opportunity to review a picture book about him, I jumped at it. I didn’t jump on the reviewing part quite as quickly as I...
by Leslie Sholly | Dec 19, 2017 | Catholicism, Everyday Ediths, music
Children don’t have to be reminded to be joyful. Children find joy everywhere, effortlessly. Think of all the viral videos of babies laughing at everything from funny faces to paper tearing. Too bad that we grow up and away from joy and into worry and distress. ...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 10, 2017 | Babies, Deep Thoughts, family, Parenting
I’m sitting here in my office working on bills as if it were any other Saturday even though a seismic shift occurred in my world less than 24 hours ago. Because life does, in fact, go on. Twenty-two-and-a-half years ago, give or take, we welcomed our third...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 22, 2017 | Deep Thoughts, Parenting, Uncategorized
It’s been three weeks now since Anni tagged me to participate in the #RockingMotherhood challenge. I hadn’t forgotten about the challenge–I was just thinking. Because it IS a challenge, in a society that’s hell bent on making mothers feel that...
by Leslie Sholly | Apr 13, 2017 | Catholicism, Parenting
I’m blessed to still be a member of the very parish in which I was baptized as an infant. Most of the past nearly 50 years of Sundays have found me sitting (standing and kneeling) in a pew at Immaculate Conception Church. And like most Catholics,...