Let’s get right away to the nitty-gritty of motherhood. We’ll start with diapers. After being born, the average baby needs about 2,500 diaper changes in the first year of life. Over the next two years, he or she may go through another 3,600 diapers or so. Suppose you have three siblings. Unless you had a…

Among God’s wondrous gifts is the gift of motherhood. So happy with this gift, he bestowed it upon all of his creations even to the deliverer of Jesus Christ, Mother Mary. The title “mother”—no other word in the English language conjures up such a sense of well-being and warmth. In its speaking, the word “mother”…

I was thinking today that we are the products of hundreds and generations of mothers who have nagged, begged, cajoled, scolded, inspired, encouraged, motivated, and strengthened their little girls in an endless line of mothering. Over the ages, the old adages have mellowed, the melodies of the lullabies may have changed, the admonitions rephrased but…