Family

  • Stef’s Snippets #001

    Nino, 10: Oh, I know what I want most for Christmas, more than the other things. Me: What? Nino: A baby brother!! Or, even if not a brother, a baby sibling! Me: Uh, my body doesn’t work that way anymore,… Continue reading

  • What I Wish I’d Known

    SAVING GRACE you don’t do it for yourself you don’t do it for your kids you don’t do it for your husband you don’t do it for company you do it for God God sees God hears God knows even… Continue reading

    What I Wish I’d Known
  • Weekend Recap / Brain Dump 22 September 2019

    Sunday afternoon. Bong’s ironing clothes for our Prague/Vienna trip :D, Paco just got home from being with SSP folks, Nino’s waiting for Yena to wake up so they can play Lego Star Wars. Migi’s coming home tonight from DC (visiting… Continue reading

    Weekend Recap / Brain Dump 22 September 2019
  • Revisiting the HP Dilemma: What’s A Parent to do?

    I hesitated writing this post for my friend because almost every single discussion I’ve seen or been in online about HP eventually devolved into personal attacks. There are good arguments on both sides of the divide, so it pays to… Continue reading

    Revisiting the HP Dilemma: What’s A Parent to do?
  • Mothers, Daughters, Rape, and Abortion

    You’ve seen all the articles on abortion going around. You’ve seen all the pro-choice and pro-life arguments. I’m addressing this to the mom who has daughters, wondering if she could counsel her daughter to keep a child, should her daughter… Continue reading

    Mothers, Daughters, Rape, and Abortion
  • Remembering Papa

    My earliest memory of Papa is of him sitting on the side of his and mommy’s bed, in the early morning hours when it was still dark, praying. He left all of us a legacy of faith. It was at… Continue reading

    Remembering Papa
  • I Need to Write Again

    I haven’t written regularly since July of last year. February was my last blog post. Somewhere along the way, I thought, maybe July would be a great time to start again. But here I am. I’ve made notes upon notes… Continue reading

    I Need to Write Again
  • Q&A: How should we, as atheist parents, talk to our kids about god and religion?

    Answering as a Catholic here. 🙂 Even people raised religious have to own their faiths at some point. Every religious person at some point in their life questions why they believe what they believe, and whether they will continue believing,… Continue reading

    Q&A: How should we, as atheist parents, talk to our kids about god and religion?
  • A Character Report Card for Catholic Homeschoolers

    We’ve been using this character report card sporadically for a while now. We updated it recently so we can use it with the 9-year-old who needs this kind of guidance and self-monitoring at this time. So I thought I’d share… Continue reading

    A Character Report Card for Catholic Homeschoolers