by Leslie Sholly | Aug 18, 2020 | Abortion, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues
I recently wrote an article on the connection between abortion and vaccines for the American Life League’s Celebrate Life magazine: Baltimore, 1951: A young woman lay dying in her hospital bed, her body riddled with cancer. Before her death, doctors scraped some...
by Leslie Sholly | Jul 20, 2020 | Education, homeschooling
If you are considering homeschooling this coming semester, not with enthusiasm, but with looming dread, this post is for you. Because a lot of people who have never wanted to homeschool, who looked forward to the departure of their kids on Monday morning, whose kids...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 30, 2020 | Deep Thoughts, FIRE, language
There is no foreseeable future. Read it again: There is no foreseeable future. Now, this isn’t a grammar rant, though that irksome phrase cries out for one. Because, y’all, unless you believe in clairvoyance (and actually even if you do!), no one can...
by Leslie Sholly | May 15, 2020 | Catholicism, family, Parenting, review, shopping, sponsored
May is the Month of Our Mother, but for Catholics it is usually something more: a time for First Holy Communion, Confirmation, and graduations. My Facebook Memories remind me that last year around this time we celebrated one nephew’s First Holy Communion,...
by Leslie Sholly | May 9, 2020 | Catholicism, Deep Thoughts, Life Issues
Once upon a time, a man was given the opportunity to pay a visit to both Heaven and Hell, accompanied by a guide. Upon arriving in Hell, he was amazed to see a long table laden with a banquet of every delicious food imaginable. But rather than enjoying the food, the...