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What They Don’t Tell You
They don’t tell you about how living with someone with a chronic illness eats away your life. They don’t tell you how the pain will seep into your soul in ways that you cannot see because it has blinded you. They don’t … Continue reading
Electronic Affection
A few days ago I saw the Bright Maidens topic of “Public Displays of Affection” specifically “in the Digital Age.” I did not think much of it until I logged into Facebook and remembered one of the comments bemoaning spouses … Continue reading
Love and Housework
One of the peculiar aspects of the identity of many women seems to be a feeling of responsibility for everything in the lives of those closest to them. This feeling leads us to not only overlook failings of men in … Continue reading
August 2010
I have a secret. I looked forward to August 2010 for two and a half years. No one knew that I was anticipating it, let alone why. Some things you just do not talk about. Two things happened in August … Continue reading
In Singing, The Affection Of One Loving
While reading Pope Benedict’s “The Presence of the Lord in the Sacrament” in God is Near Us I was reminded of the importance of complete bodily worship, and ashamed to realize that I do not sing. Even when praying the … Continue reading
Love: Or Why I Do Not Try To Convert You
I am a Catholic of the sort who really loves being Catholic. You know, the sort who goes to Church six days a week and is sad on the seventh (which is today, but I guess it is good penance … Continue reading