parenthood
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The Gift of Teens
Our youngest turns 18 in three months. Our homeschooling career is drawing to a close, and this last year is just as bittersweet as all the other “last years” with our older kids. He is down to two subjects (Anatomy… Continue reading
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The Fifth Joyful Mystery: A Tale of Two Vocations
For the past several months I’ve been meditating a lot on the Fifth Joyful Mystery, more than I used to. For one thing, I had been wondering why this mystery is called JOYFUL. Whenever I read or hear the Gospel… Continue reading
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What Rocks a Marriage and What Makes a Marriage Rock
By May A Image: Zelle Duda The Survey of Marital Generosity (www.stateofourunions.org) was published in 2011 and was a summary of almost 2,000 couples’ response on what makes a marriage very happy and what makes a marriage strong (i.e. not prone… Continue reading
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Ten Ways to Divorce-Proof Your Marriage
My hubby and I will be married 25 years in December. While we don’t claim to know everything there is to know about divorce-proofing a marriage, we do have some experience with growing a marriage to its 25th year. Hope… Continue reading
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Where Have All The Men Gone? The Quest for Authentic Fatherhood
Have you ever thought about the word “father”? It is so commonplace, and yet has such profound import as to signify the initiation of a man into parenthood: “He FATHERED a child.” We don’t say, “She mothered a child” until… Continue reading
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An End-Of-Year Examination of Conscience for the Family
Continued from this post on Raising Pro-Life Children Amid A Culture of Death. There are many versions of an examination of conscience out there. I wrote this for our family, but I share this here in case it might be… Continue reading
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Si Yena may ugali na
Last night when taking a bath, Yena didn’t want to get out of the “tub”. Sinisimangutan ako at si Bong at nage-“eh!” Continue reading