A refugee from the 70s, I have seen the revolution and know its lies. I’ve been writing about “maintaining the collective memory” (that I had to recover piecing together books, faint recollections, and overheard conversations), the family, educating children, and current events for decades now. My blog of 18 years: Like Mother, Like Daughter. My books: The Summa Domestica: Order and Wonder in Family Life; The Little Oratory: A Beginner’s Guide to Praying in the Home; God Has No Grandchildren: A Guided Reading of Pope Pius XI's Encyclical "Casti Connubii" (On Chaste Marriage)

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Leila Marie Lawler. Also known as Auntie Leila: that friend your kids can't very well call Mrs. Lawler. Recovering the collective memory. I alone am left to tell you. Short (I hope) ramblings.

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Married to Phil Lawler, mother of seven, grandmother of a score of grandchildren and praying for more. Kitchen sink philosophy. I alone am left to tell you.