Author Archives: vplopez

(I wrote this piece for the March 2023 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) Why do we love good stories so much? Because life itself is a story. In the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, we refer … Continue reading →

(I wrote this piece for the February 2023 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) For this Valentine’s Day month, I would like to share some insights from Mary Stanford’s brilliant essay “Technology and the Language of Bodily … Continue reading →

(I wrote this piece for the January 2023 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) As we prepare for 2023, you may be making some New Year’s resolutions. If so, please let this recovering perfectionist share a final … Continue reading →

(I wrote this piece for the December 2022 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) Did you ever see the Pixar movie Finding Nemo? My favorite part is when Marlin and Dory are hanging onto taste buds on … Continue reading →

(I wrote this piece for the November 2022 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) I am a recovering perfectionist. For whatever reason, I entered motherhood with the deeply engrained mental habit of criticizing myself almost constantly. By … Continue reading →

(I wrote this piece for the October 2022 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) One of the countless things that I owe to my excellent mother is my love of reading good fiction. She read bedtime stories … Continue reading →

(I wrote this piece for the September 2022 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) For the past several months, we have considered several virtues which mothers should cultivate—such as humility, temperance, and meekness—and the corresponding vices which … Continue reading →

(I wrote this piece for the August 2022 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) Let’s be honest: women sometimes deserve our reputation of being too emotional. When our emotions help us experience compassion for another and prompt … Continue reading →

(I wrote this piece for the July 2022 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) When my boys and I put away the schoolbooks for the summer, one of my favorite things to do is declutter the house. … Continue reading →

(I wrote this piece for the June 2022 newsletter of the California Association of American Mothers, Inc.: https://www.americanmothers.org/) In honor of Father’s Day, I would like to encourage wives to respect and appreciate their husbands. Feminism has helped to correct some … Continue reading →