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December 20, 2008

“Weird Moms” – A Belated Tribute

Karen at “Odd Moms” invited me to check out her blog the other day … “I know the ‘Weird Mom’ contest is over, but I wanted to pass this along,” she wrote. I’m so glad she did. I was especially touched by this tribute to her mother. Neither Karen nor her mother have had an easy life. But they managed to impart to their children important lessons about self-reliance and courage — first and foremost, by their own example as courageous single moms. Karen’s blog is a good reminder that not all EMs are adoptive or foster moms. Some of them are moms who are simply doing the […]

May 28, 2008

“Sex and the City” A Microcosm of Real Life?

Today on “Catholic Connection,” Teresa Tomeo was discussing “Sex and the City,” the new movie based on the hit television series starring Sarah-Jessica Parker and company. Teresa mentioned a study that was conducted on young women (not yet married) about how “Sex and the City” influenced their own dating life. Perhaps predictably, the effect overall was a negative one … and some felt that it glamorized the ultra-feminist perspective that “a gal should be free to ‘have fun’ and do everything [including bed-hop] a man can do.” The thing is (having watched the show a time or two myself), I can recall several story lines […]

December 21, 2007

Leap for Joy … with Compassion

The voice of my beloved!Behold, he comes,leaping upon the mountains,bounding over the hills.By beloved is like a gazelle,or a young stag.Behold, there he stands behind our wall,gazing in at the windowslooking through the lattice.My beloved speaks and says to me:Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone…. (Song of Songs 2:8-12) It seems like a strange reading, given where we are in the liturgical calendar (so close to Christmas). And yet, the Gospel reading gives us a hint (Luke 1:39ff). A young woman, full of life and wonder, hastens toward her dear, infertile […]