In the weeks like this where I have no spent much time on my blog, it’s usually because of 1 of 2 reasons: 1) I’m sick and the glow of the screen makes me ill. or it’s usually 2) There is so much going on in the world that I find it hard to pick […]
Author: Lisa
When We Thought Men Could Have Abortions and Other Problems with Outdated Biology
One of the reasons that masturbation was seen as uh, problematic, in the Catholic Church is based in outdated biology. Back in the good ol’ days where the medical world thought women were simply incubators for fetuses, it was a widely understood truth that men carried the life. Men were seen as the carriers of […]
Marriage Means Love, Not Maintenance and Other Truths About Married Life
I want nothing more than to go to bed. It’s late. I woke up nearly 24 hours ago in South Beach, Miami boarded a plane to Chicago, endured a 3 hr layover with NO FREE WIRELESS in O’Hare, flew to Dayton, found our car in the economy lot, drove to Russia, picked up my baby, […]
An Unlikely Baptism: A Spiritual Retreat at Miami Beach
Nick and I are on a private weekend getaway and we’re resting up before we go out on the town. For years I got flack and ridicule because I wanted to see Miami Beach. I had the impression that unless you’re 21 years old and looking for club hopping, music thumping nights, it’s not really […]
Where are We Without Transformative Justice?: An Update for the Dear Sister Anthology
The manuscript was ready. The pieces were tightened, the writers were satisfied. I was eager to move on. The bones were solidified and the pitch – oh, the tedious and pain inflicted pitch – to select presses was finished. And then two things happened. 1. I got feedback and 2. I had a feeling My […]
The Kid’s Alright
Isaiah keeps bumping his head. And he’s ready to get out of his crib. When he sees something that spilled he says, “AIGH NAKU,” which in Tagalog is equivalent to Oh My Goodness. He’s talking in English, but uses Spanish and Tagalog words smoothly in his language development. During dinner when I was belting out […]
Isaiah and the Gift of Today
It’s Friday and there’s no better picture to accurately depict the Friday relief and excitement than this cartoony picture of Isaiah. A few nights ago, we were playing with the different features of my Christmas gift – our new computer – and Isaiah got pretty excited over the different scenes and tones the pictures can […]
Things My Therapist Said: Light Your Damn Lamp
I’m afraid. I’m afraid that I’m going to be afraid my whole life. I don’t want to be. It’s natural to be a afraid. It means you’re alive. If you’re not afraid, you’re in a blissful state of ignorance. That or you’re drunk. pause The only thing we have control over is what we have […]
Memo to Rick Santorum: Gifts from God Do Not Include Pregnancy Through Rape
These days I can’t seem to shake a stomach bug in which have caused me to forego two Cleveland Orchestra tickets, miss hours of work, watch Isaiah learn to say “Mama needs rest,” and feel sorry for myself for these and other mishaps. However, when it comes to Rick Santorum’s latest comments on how raped […]
Are You There, Margaret? It’s Me, God: On Body, Profanity, and Anger
January is a war on our bodies. It’s a war in so many ways. It’s nestled right after a holiday speckled December, full of drink and food sprees, exit fall/begrudgingly hello winter, and January is there. Waiting. Regardless of the bleak gray sky, we wipe our mental boards clean and vow better habits, more living, […]