Letter to a Child Unborn

Dearest Little One,
It has been a month and a day since that moment that my heart must have stopped beating for what then seemed like an eternity.  I had been happily recounting to the lady in the room about your siblings and how crazy-happy it is at home with all eight of them.  I really [...]

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Above No One’s Pay Grade

The truth is NEVER above anyone’s pay grade.
Barrack Obama says he will not yield on this fundamental issue — that is, what is supposed to be a woman’s right to choose.  I am not an American, but am very concerned about this struggle between a culture of life and a culture of death in the [...]

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A Good Parent’s Third Priority

This is the third installment of “Putting Family First”, posted here for easier access.  The first part of the article can be found on a separate page on this blog.
Leading By Example
In taking care of ourselves, we thus become an example to our children of how one should treat oneself and others and why; how [...]

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Mission Possible: Putting Family First

On 3 May 2008, I gave a talk entitled, “Mission Possible:  Putting Family First“ at the Mom, You’re Incredible! event, which was sponsored by the Neeje Association for Women and Family.  I am posting an article based on the outline for that talk on this page.  Because of the length of the article, it will [...]

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On the Fly

The summer if 3/4 done and this morning we are finally on our way to our Family Camp in Quebec. Every year, for one week, about ten families go the the Dominus Vobiscum camp near the town of St. Gabriel in Quebec for 7 days with family and friends. It is also an [...]

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For Love and the Glory of God

My children have recently discovered the game of badminton. Thanks to a sale at Canadian Tire, we are now the owners of a badminton/volleyball set that originally came with four rackets. The set is now down to three sound ones and a fourth that is – sadly – quite broken. (This broken racket found itself [...]

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Chronicles of a Mama

If you’ve cared to look for something new on this blog for the past two and a half weeks — I must apologize for not having posted anything at all. I didn’t fall off the face of the earth. I’m still here and am just finding my way back to blogging after being [...]

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A Taste of Paradise

A sense of gratitude and appreciation for other people’s work and help is so important. It is, unfortunately, not encouraged enough these days. It’s almost as if a lot of people go around with this attitude or belief that they deserve good things and only good things. And since they deserve it, [...]

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Of Children and Happiness

Two articles, appearing on the same page with the heading “Little Darlings” in the weekend edition of the National Post, provided me with much food for thought.
The first article, which originally appeared in the Daily Telegraph, is written by someone who has tokophobia, which is defined as a “profound dread and avoidance of childbirth” and [...]

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Music of Life

Do you know who Billy Talent is? If you do, you’re one step ahead of me…..in another universe parallel to mine. My musical awareness is still taking a walk around the block of Soft Rock and Seventies music. Billy Talent’s music lives about three decades away in a different time zone. Right [...]

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