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

Growing up my brother and I had both sets of grandparents active in our lives…

Somewhere warm and near ocean waves has always been my preferred happy place…

I felt good. I had way more energy than I usually do at 7pm on a Friday evening. The projector and slides were up. I was ready to give a talk…

Over the past few years, I have noticed the major impact social media has made on my kids, my students, and even my own life, positively and negatively…

Loopholes. Not a common word in my vocabulary nor one I even think about very often…

About two Sundays ago, I did a reading for Catholic Schools Week…

A few weeks ago when I wrote my Faith Friday I included pictures of images with captions for inspiration…

It was important enough for Jesus to climb a hill and deliver a message to a huge crowd of people. The 8 Beatitudes offered in the Sermon on the Mount have survived and been passed on to us over the ages for a reason…

"We all limp along with something." - Father Eric

That thought has not left me since Sunday’s homily…

On December 30th, I was looking through my Instagram account, where I follow friends and family; I also follow some Catholic and Christian groups and individuals…

Attending Mass for the first time after the funerals of each of my parents was especially hard for me. I would find myself near tears during much of the liturgy…

I was walking from the kitchen into the living room, and that’s when I saw it: my 2-year old son was pretending to be in battle…

Around this time of year, you often hear people say to look at this through the eyes of a child. I would say to you - look at these next few days from the eyes of a mother…

My mom was a great storyteller. She would entertain us six children with stories about her childhood growing up in Madison, Wisconsin…

Unlike most other Advent seasons, this year I was the one setting out the Nativity set. Usually one of the kids calls dibs on setting it out, but I think this year was supposed to be my year…

I recently saw a post on social media from a friend from college, and I took a screenshot of the post because I wanted to spend more time with it…

Happy Almost New Year’s Eve! Are you ready to welcome a brand-new liturgical year? If you are at least thinking about it, that’s a good start…

Going to Mass used to be such a workout…

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