TODAY – IMPORTANT – Tanya Granic Allen
I have to admit, I have never joined a political party before, but yesterday I did. Why? So, I can support a candidate I am genuinely excited about for the Ontario PC leadership, Tanya Granic Allen. I am appealing to you, to do exactly the same. This is...
A Culture of Contradiction
Lately, I have been struck by the insanity of contradiction in our current culture. We are obsessed with throwing gender reveal parties the moment a pregnant mom has her twenty-week ultrasound, while simultaneously celebrating gender transitioning and fluidity....
Mother’s Day: Breakfast in Bed & More
I always look forward to Mother’s Day. I love breakfast in bed, the gifts, the flowers, the homemade cards. I relish in the graces of the day. But my mind also goes back to childhood memories of Mother’s Day. I remember fondly taking part in an annual Mother’s Day...
IMPORTANT Bill 89: What YOU need to do
Bill 89 will be granting power to CAS to take your child into protective custody if they express themselves as the opposite biological sex they were born and you do not support them. This would apply at any age, even a 3yr old child. This bill has passed 2nd reading...
Laughing, Cheering, Crying, at the Dynamic Women of Faith Conference
I’m not exactly sure of what I expected when I arrived at the annual Dynamic Women of Faith Conference this past Saturday, March 25th. Actually, having woken up bright and early at 5:30am, I’m pretty sure that my only expectation was that I would crash as soon as the...
The Opus Joyus Show – a Catholic video series for kids!
An Ontario couple who documented the loss of their preemie triplets at 22 weeks as a moving testimony to the sanctity of life plans to produce a Catholic video series for kids. Since losing their three children on November 15, 2012, Jason and Marie Taylor have become...
Advent & Childhood Memories
We are well into Advent and I’m flooded with memories of childhood and growing up in a devout Polish immigrant home. My family’s life revolved around Toronto’s St. Stanislaus Kostka Church at Queen and Bathurst. I would be there several times a week for catechism...
9 Spiritual Christmas Questions
My husband and I have delivered corporate training programs internationally - oftentimes addressing corporate and personal blindspots. As external consultants to many corporations, we help clients see what they sometimes can't see because they are in the thick of it....
A skewed view of stay-at-home motherhood
There I was, bleary-eyed after another night of round-the-clock feedings and struggling to balance the morning's newspaper on my lap as I nursed two squirming infants, when I read the latest rap on stay-at-home mothers. It came courtesy of a new U.S. Census Bureau...
Top Ten Table Manners
Good table manners aren’t just about making your mother happy. Whether we care to acknowledge it or not, how we eat is an outward sign of our inner personality and character. By teaching table manners early and often, they’ll become second nature. Has your family...