Almost four years ago, I wrote about my surgeon who I believe saved my life when I was going through my breast cancer battle…

As I notice the change in daylight and how quickly night falls, I pray my own Christ-light can become a beacon for others...

Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119:105)

I like words. I like to read them. Writing them in cohesive sentences gives me great satisfaction...

As I have written in previous Faith Friday's, I became friends with people who were praying for me and my family before I even actually knew them through the prayer chain…

I have always been fond of the Serenity Prayer…

From this weekend’s Responsorial Psalm 80:20

“O Lord, God of hosts, restore us; if your face shine upon us, then we shall be saved.”

I remember where I was sitting at St. Patrick’s in Dwight and listening to the guest speaker’s talk…

St. Mary's School has lots of traditions. If you are not familiar with them, don't worry. Someone, somewhere will say, "Well, that's a tradition…”

It happened sometime around the mid-1980’s during my first year of teaching CCD…

Loving and befriending is hard work. But what did I expect? Maybe that as the years added up this would get easier?…

Last week my kids were at their father's, so it was just me. I had read a couple books just for fun, but I felt like I needed something more to do with my time that was relaxing…

It was with a mixture of both pride and dismay that I surveyed the entire back area of our Ford Escape. The second-row seats had been folded flat so all that space was filled with, for lack of a better term, cargo. Great job of packing, but will I never learn to travel light?…

Does this sound like a familiar scenario to many of you? I began by asking God to give me not only the opportunity, but also the right words. Then I prayed for wisdom and discernment and courage…

Father Adam asked the kids at the school mass on Thursday how many of them had ever read or watched the story/movie, "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day." A few adults and a small sprinkling of kids had read it…

It became a family mantra of sorts. I grew up hearing it and, in turn, my husband and I preached it to our kids…don’t leave the car empty-handed! The list of items to be toted included everything from backpacks to groceries, suitcases to toys and everything else in between…

I'm not sure how this writing is going to be received. I'm afraid Father might come over and knock me on my head after he reads this, but I am nothing if not honest, so here goes. I get nervous around the Lenten season…

It has been a long couple weeks since Christmas break. It seems like everything is just spiraling out of control. Usually when this happens in my life, I spiral right with it. It is so easy to get caught up in the chaos and add fuel to the raging fire…

The questions just kept coming. She asked, Where do Adam and Eve fit in if scientists say that we evolved from cavemen? Did God really take 7 days to create everything? He’s God, so why didn’t He just do everything all at one time? What evidence do we have that Jesus was crucified?…

We are all new kids on the block…

Summer is here! There is a buzz of excitement when summer vacation arrives for the kids (and teachers!). Everyone in our family looks forward to summer. It means playing outside, longer days, no packing lunches, and an inherently wonderful flexibility of time…