Jo’s Blog

Did you know that disabled people are the largest minority population in the world? Disabled people live in every country and are every gender and every race. They subscribe to every religion and hold every political persuasion. Everybody knows [...]

I’ve been living with my daughter, her husband and their baby for most of the pandemic. Watching Cathleen care for little Uma Joy has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I’ve seen good mothers before. Cathleen is in [...]

It has been two and a half years since Moy Moy died. Since then, I have almost completely stopped writing. Every time I think of starting again, I get through one or two paragraphs before realizing I don’t have anything to say. I [...]

I was the first person in the United States to be arrested and jailed for protesting abortion. My pro-life credentials are unimpeachable: I come from a strong Catholic family, I practiced natural family planning and my husband and I adopted a [...]

Walking in Chicago’s Hyde Park early this week (#Lockdown in full swing, but the university emptied of students and the neighborhood so sparsely populated walking was still allowed), I spotted a sign on a neighbour’s front lawn: [...]

I On the 7th day of  #lockdown a generous neighbour posted a sign: “Jigsaw Puzzles. Help Yourself”. II I was of three minds: Would they be infected? Would all the pieces be there? Why not also? III Our Chicago street was empty and [...]

Moy Moy’s gravestone was a very long time coming. Funerals happen instantly in India. In most of the country, most of the year, it’s too hot to wait more than a few hours. But gravestones can take years. One year is the minimum, at [...]