The Good People Of Tucson
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Thursday, January 20, 2011
It is terribly sad that it often takes an awful event to illuminate the incredible goodness all around us and how much we have to be grateful for.
A family in my neighborhood lost their home in a fire two nights ago. We all heard the sirens in the middle of the night and later heard the terrible news.
Four children were involved, one now sadly passed away, one fighting for life, two in critical condition... READ MORE
Do Kids Make You Miserable?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Monday, August 16, 2010
Time. Newsweek. New York magazine.
Mary Eberstadt has a nice column summarizing the recent spate of articles purporting to show that nothing’s more miserable than being a parent.
She makes the point the question is too subjective to be meaningful.
Ask me when I haven’t slept in 6 months I’ll say something different than the day Princess cleans her room without being asked.
She makes a beautiful... READ MORE
The Beauty That Matters
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Thursday, April 16, 2009
I’m so glad Rachel posted the link to Susan Boyle’s performance on Britain’s Got Talent.
If you’ve watched that, I think you’ll enjoy this column from her native Scotland’s Herald.
It tells us a bit about Boyle’s admirable life—and reminds us she would still have deserved our respect had her voice been less than what it is.
Here’s a cute interview with her from CBS.
Still Country For Old Men
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, November 04, 2008
That’s an act of heroism you’re seeing in the photo at left.
In Southwest London, two young men in face masks took sledgehammers to a jewelry store in broad daylight.
Though there were 50 or so people witnessing this, only this senior citizen intervened. It’s a great story.
the brave gentleman, one of 50 shoppers in the immediate area, decided enough was enough and walked forward, struggling with... READ MORE
Freedom From The Old Ball & Chain
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Saturday, November 01, 2008
Here’s my Faith & Culture column from the Sept/October 08 issue.
Most of us practice the traditional American virtue of minding our own business.
But in the defense of marriage against those who want to redefine it — whether they be polygamists in Texas or homosexual activists in California — we should make an exception.
After all, one-man, one-woman monogamous marriage is more than an anomaly of... READ MORE
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