by Leslie Sholly | Aug 12, 2019 | Babies, Catholicism, family, Knoxville, marriage, Notre Dame, Parenting, photoblogging, Spring Hill, teenagers, Vacations
John and I were married thirty years ago today, at 12:30 p.m. to be precise. To celebrate our anniversary and to reflect on what all those years have meant, I am sharing one picture from each year, with commentary. August 12, 1989, as we emerged from Immaculate...
by Leslie Sholly | Feb 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
f you are a parent—perhaps especially a mother who works outside the home—you’ve heard all about Quality Time. When it comes to my kids, I’m more about quantity than quality. But in my marriage, it’s a totally different thing. Quality Time is one of the Five Love...
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 | Sep 22, 2015 | photoblogging
I remember a time when it seemed like we were always going to weddings. Â Next came the baby showers. Â Lately, it seems it’s always funerals. Â It’s the circle of life and all, I realize (and I do love a good funeral, as I may have mentioned a time or two!)....
by Leslie Sholly | Mar 22, 2015 | family
Like most people, I routinely share pictures I consider to be cute or profound on my Facebook wall. Â Sometimes I’m surprised by the lack of attention paid to something I found particularly noteworthy; other times one picture gets more likes than I expected. Â And...