Our second child is starting his behind-the-wheel hours, and I am still learning to navigate. This reality set in recently as I made plans for him with a driving school…and I proceeded to make two wrong turns…

Apparently, I needed a lesson in connectivity this week. The reliability of my Toshiba laptop and all software applications plus our internet connection have been blessedly reliable…until this week. Frustrating and time consuming are the least objectionable descriptive adjectives that come to mind…

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…

Over the years, I have been inspired by people willing to share their faith testimonies. In a sense, these people are sharing their own story, their autobiography, of their faith…

Haven’t we all had these moments of spiritual insight or sudden discovery? Sometimes we recognize them immediately for what they are; other times there is wisdom in hindsight. They are moments when the light bulb turns on big time, when you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way. They are flashes of brilliance, illuminating discoveries…

I have wondered this week while reading the daily scripture if Mary and Joseph were nervous. I know how I felt when I was expecting our kids. I know how hopeful, anxious, and excited we were for this life changing event…

Tomorrow marks the 44th anniversary of my chubby-self entering the world. My mom carried me two (long) weeks past my due date, and then I made my appearance to the world as a 9 pound baby girl who could barely fit into the stocking that I came home in from the hospital…

Some of it has been in hindsight, but I am both excited and somewhat surprised to report what a week of JOY this has been.

Father Adam got the ball rolling with his homily on Sunday. Among other things, he reminded us of the importance and priority of joy – Jesus-Others-Yourself…

With the start of Advent, I decided that I wanted to better prepare for this new year in the Church. I love this time of year with all of the decorations, lights, gift giving, sacrifices, and the overall spirit of Christmas. It is so easy to get swept up in all of the commercialism of the season and forget or at least be distracted by what this time of year is really about…

Several years ago, I was in a small group for a spiritual retreat called Solum Ora. The other ladies in my group and I messaged each other in between meetings to keep the momentum going from one week to the next. One phrase that started and has stuck with me since that time is, “We are all a work in progress…the important point is to focus on the progress.”

If you are like me, you often experience God through seeing his reflection in the beauty of nature. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux said it really well: "I was between six and seven when I saw the sea for the first time. I could not turn away my eyes: its majesty, the roaring of the waves, the whole vast spectacle impressed me deeply and spoke to my soul of God's power and greatness”…

Five years ago this week, I had surgery to remove breast cancer. I had a good team of doctors and surgeons. It was more advanced than we had hoped, but we were thinking positively. At the time my kids were only 7 and 12 and I was only 47. I decided then and there that I would do everything in my power to beat cancer and be the best person I could be for my kids. The one thing missing from my plan was God and his grace…

Some messages are so loud and clear that we can’t forget them. They resonate deep within us. At that point, if the message is one of Truth, then it’s likely that the Holy Spirit is guiding the message further and further within us…

While he had no idea he was being a role model for me, one particular example set by my husband many years ago started me on the road to “getting over myself”…

When I teach my students how to write an introduction, one concept I teach them is how to write using a hook. I tell them you want to hook the reader right away by saying something that will get the audience's attention. Well, something spectacular happened Thursday morning at our school mass. Father Adam hooked the kids…

I love picking up my kids from school. If your child is a “divulger,” then those moments when they get in the car after school are some of the most fruitful conversations you’ll get. It’s like everything is fresh in their minds, and you get to hear what is most pressing or the biggest highlights (or lowlights) of the day in those first minutes together in the car with them…

Yep. This graphic pretty much sums up my state of mind lately. And I am not very happy about it either! Fragility – the quality of being delicate or vulnerable. I know this is just part of the human condition. Or as my husband often reminds me, “We didn’t come with a guarantee.” But feeling fragile over a period of time is unsettling to say the least…

It’s Homecoming time-of-year for many high schools in the area. Homecoming traditionally brings with it an overall theme for the week, or sometimes there are even different themes for each day of the week so that kids can creatively celebrate by changing their wardrobe. Pick-a-decade Day, Class Shirt Day, and Spirit Day are just a few fun examples…

And over all these, put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. Colossians 3:14.

The essence of God is love. Perfect love, no less. In Colossians 3:14, Saint Paul give us a wonderful image of putting on love. Can you imagine actually putting on God as the most important and beautiful garment we can don each day? We would be literally wearing our hearts on our sleeves while robed in Love!…