Earlier this week we went on a college visit with our daughter. We headed (south)west to Benedictine College for Raven Day!…

When October comes around, the world turns pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For some, it feels overdone: ribbons on coffee cups…

This is a photo taken last week in Minneapolis after the school shooting at Annunciation Catholic School…

In the larger scheme of things, it was a small revelation that had a significant impact on me…

A couple years ago, my husband and I had a humbling evening of talking to a junior high youth group about relationships…

Do you remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books? This series of books began circulating in the 1980’s…

I always appreciate a very helpful graphic whenever I visit a large public space, such as a mall or park or museum…

It might have been the scrambled pancakes that intrigued me most…

A saint is someone who does the ordinary things in life extraordinarily well…

“I want to give, but I don’t know how much it’s going to hurt.”

I heard this phrase several times from students as our school tried to fill all the open blood drive slots…

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...

Whenever we are planning a get-together with family or friends at our home, my husband inevitably reminds me not to stress about the menu…

It’s been a while since I’ve been asked to tell a bedtime story…

It wasn’t something I ever thought about doing when driving in the suburbs of Chicago where I grew up…

Did you happen to notice? It has been quite the week for parables…

Sister Mary Cyriline BVM seemed ancient to my fourth-grade self at Saint Eulalia School…

This week has been a week where many of us needed extra strength to carry us through…

Thirteen years ago this week, our family was crowded into a courtroom in Ottawa finalizing our adoption of Trinity…

Basketball is life….the rest is just details. I wanted one of those shirts so badly. As a young teen, I could show everyone how important basketball was to me…

You get the meaning, even if it wasn’t a commonly used phrase when you were growing up…