What I Say to Mary
Features | Posted by Simcha Fisher in Faith on Friday, February 04, 2011
Good bye, guys, good bye! Have a good day—have a good hike! It’s gonna feel so good to get to the top of that mountain! I got you those peanut packs, did you—okay, okay. Good bye, I love you!
Okay, little ones, now back home.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Give me patience, give me supernatural patience, not like yesterday. Blessed art thou among women, help L. know I love her,... READ MORE
Simple School
Features | Posted by Simcha Fisher in Family on Tuesday, September 21, 2010
When I first started teaching my kids, I wanted to teach the HECK out of them. I wanted them to play the recorder, scan and analyze poems, appreciate fine art, read the night sky, employ the scientific method, defend the faith, and read and write Greek.
In first grade.
Eventually, I came to my senses. Now I know that, whether you’re homeschooling, supplementing your child’s classroom schoolwork,... READ MORE
Worth Working For
Features | Posted by Simcha Fisher in Marriage on Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Kathy Rivet has seen so many clients across her desk, she can read a chart better upside-down: she’s been teaching NFP for more than 30 years. As a Creighton Model Certified FertiltyCare Practitioner and Educator, she says some of her clients
“are the babies of clients from years ago. [One man] said that he remembered coming with his parents ... and playing with the toys in my office while they were... READ MORE
From Home School to the Classroom
Features | Posted by Simcha Fisher in Family on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The best advice I got about homeschooling? Do it one year at a time. The whole enterprise was a lot less overwhelming once I realized that I wasn’t making some kind of 12-year vow. I was just teaching my kids at home that year, because it made sense that year. Next year? Who knows?
As it turned out, it made sense for five years. Then we did one year with two kids in private school and the rest at... READ MORE
'I'm a Man'
Features | Posted by Simcha Fisher in News on Wednesday, August 04, 2010
(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of new monthly columns by Simcha Fisher where she will interview a variety of Catholics in order that we might learn from their unique perspectives.)
Steve Gershom (a pseudonym) is a young, Catholic professional who recently came out as a homosexual to friends and family.
What advice would you give to a Catholic who thinks he might be homosexual?
First,... READ MORE
The Case for Siblings
Features | Posted by Simcha Fisher in Family on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
One of the best parts of being pregnant with my eighth child was that I never woke up in the middle of the night, panicking: “How can I do this to [current youngest child]?”
True, I woke up for a thousand other reasons, most of them involving my internal organs. But it was a huge relief to finally realize that having a new baby is not bad for the current baby.
How I used to fret about this. The whole... READ MORE
I'm Fine Where I Am
Features | Posted by Simcha Fisher in Family on Tuesday, July 06, 2010
As someone who spent the last twelve Independence Days in a bathroom, desperately trying to catch a glimpse of the rockets’ red glare through the keyhole as I cuddled several terrified children, I enjoyed the heck out of our holiday weekend.
Get this: I watched the fireworks! Imagine that.
When we had only little ones in the house, we never did anything—and I honestly (and resentfully) thought that... READ MORE
Big Families Are the New Green
Features | Posted by Simcha Fisher in Family on Friday, April 23, 2010
(Editor’s note: This article ran in the Spring 2010 issue of Faith & Family magazine, but it elicited such a positive response, we can’t resist sharing it here.)
Got a big family? Then you already know that you’re crazy, a traitor to feminism, and a slave to the pope; you’re neglecting most of your kids and robbing the rest of their childhood; you’re a burden on the system in general, and you probably... READ MORE
Big Families Are the New Green
Spring 2010 Magazine Issue | Posted by Simcha Fisher in Features on Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Got a big family? Then you already know that you’re crazy, a traitor to feminism, and a slave to the pope; you’re neglecting most of your kids and robbing the rest of their childhood; you’re a burden on the system in general, and you probably don’t own a television set.
But wait, there’s more! Don’t forget, you’re also destroying the earth.
Lately, it’s become fashionable for radical environmentalists... READ MORE
How To Get Over It
Features | Posted by Simcha Fisher in Faith on Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Someone hurt you. Someone did something awful, and you didn’t deserve it at all.
Eventually, he apologized, stopped doing the thing that hurt so badly, and moved on with his life.
But you’re still hurt. You pray for the grace to be forgiving; you argue with yourself that moving on is healthy; and you chide yourself for dwelling in the past.
But it still hurts. Every time you’re tired or discouraged,... READ MORE
