One hundred buttons

wedding anniversary, wedding dress, buttons

Right about this time 31 years ago, I was at my mother-in-law’s house, standing in the little room off the kitchen, stomach quivering. Everyone in the house was hustling and bustling about, except for my poor mother-in-law, who was nervously working her way up the 100 buttons on the back of my wedding (more…)

Makes you stop and say, “Hmmmm…”

genetic testing, blood test, genetics , faith, Catholic

Genetic testing in here, whether we like it or not, and for better or worse. The new developments, especially a recently developed test that claims it can predict what health conditions and at what age your child will die, bring with them a host of questions. One of those questions – how this can effect our faith – I’ve posed in “Faith, genetics and life decisions collide again,” appearing in the October 13 edition of Our Sunday Visitor.

I hope you’ll read my article (at the link below) and discuss it with others. This is a topic that should make us stop and say, “Hmmmm.” More than that, it’s a topic that should open us to prayerful thought and animated discussion.  (more…)