In 2006, Jim and Donna Murphy lost their preborn son in a late miscarriage. During an interview...
Human Dignity
Certification in Compassion
Occasionally, in my role as a caregiver for the elderly, I would do emergency fill-in shifts for...
Everlynn Hope
Everlynn arrived in silence, limp, like a worn fabric doll. The doctor tossed her upon her mother’s...
New Children’s Book a Scientifically Accurate Celebration of...
Like so many moms, Brooke Stanton and Christiane West—coauthors of When You Became You and both...
To Catch a Falling Star
Thoughts of a former client worked their way to the surface of my memory recently. As an in-home...
May Our Quivers Be Full
Certainly sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward. Like arrows in the hand...
From Dawn to Twilight
Hubert H. Humphrey, the 38th vice president of the United States and two-time senator, ran for the...
On the Scene at ‘Night to Shine’
When I first heard that my church planned to host a “Night to Shine” prom, my immediate thoughts...
Babies and Bananas
Catholic high school teacher Stephen Snyder recently wrote: “Bananas exist and do so perfectly...
Conceived in rape, born of love
Recently, I received a press inquiry from a journalist working on a piece about motherhood who...