Author Archives: Kathy

Resolutions, 2017!

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Kathy

In 2003, I wrote a New Years column wherein I resolved, among other things, to remember where I parked at the mall, to carry empty coffee cups into the house from the car, and to close the kitchen drawer in … Continue reading →

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What I Learned Today

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Kathy

I was looking up Latin words for Christmas songs to share with my class tomorrow, our last regular meeting before the holiday break. For “In Dulci Jubilo,” (commonly sung in English as “Good Christian Men, Rejoice!”), I kept finding Latin … Continue reading →

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BPD Questions and Answers

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Kathy

Borderline personality disorder continues to weasel its way into my life—sometimes more or less sought out, sometimes popping up out of nowhere. I had been promoting my book to an online support organization for family members of people with BPD, … Continue reading →

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Latina Vivit?

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Kathy

In case you haven’t seen it, here’s a column I wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and its online version, cleveland.com, regarding the election. As you might guess, the responses have been very interesting. I received a weird and bitter … Continue reading →

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On Track?

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Kathy

Last week I taped an interview for the City of Canton (my hometown) TV station. My sister-in-law Penni knows the host, Betty Smith, and Penni did the legwork to arrange my appearance on Betty’s show “On Track with Betty Mac.” I … Continue reading →

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A Box Full of Darkness.

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Kathy

The website Psych Central allowed me to contribute another blog post, which they titled “A Box Full of Darkness: Growing Up in the Shadow of Borderline Personality Disorder.” Here it is.

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Iste Est Magister Stultorum

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Kathy

Wheelock’s Latin, the textbook my students and I use, quotes a lot of Roman wisdom. Today a student and I were translating this sentence, which frequently gives students trouble: Non solum eventus hoc docet—iste est magister stultorum—sed etiam ratio. It … Continue reading →

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BPDFamily

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Kathy

BPDFamily invited me to write a post about how my thinking about my mom has changed since learning about borderline personality. The website is a gathering place for people with family members with BPD. Here’s the post:   http://www.bpdfamily.com/content/maybe-she-did-best-she-could-do

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How To Be Happy

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Kathy

I’ve written a fair number of words about my friend Father Dan Begin and have decided for various reasons to begin sharing them now and then. This is a transcription of a homily delivered on August 3, 2008, in which … Continue reading →

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Serendipity

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Kathy

“A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and twenty years later, on the exact day, a Friday apparently, he was eating a large fish—but there was no diamond inside. That’s what I like about … Continue reading →

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