Before the blizzard started Friday, I ordered Chinese food for lunch—and for leftovers for our snowed-in weekend.My fortune cookie should have said, “Your children will not return to school until February.”OK, so that might be a bit of a stretch, but I think there’s a good chance they won’t goRead More
There’s something special about the first real snow of the season. I’m not sure we needed this storm to be so special—with something like 30 inches and biting winds—but my children would disagree. This storm is the answer to their prayers.For them, it’s like having oceanfront property. They can walkRead More
Once again, our family and friends along the east coast are in the calm before the storm... a huge snowstorm which meteorologists are calling Jonas. With blizzard warnings and school closings pinging alerts to my cell phone, my husband and I share the worry with our family back inRead More
Mary Portera, a fixture at the St. Jude Shrine in Baltimore who one priest described as the “example of what a Catholic layperson should be,” died Jan. 17. She was 101.Read More
I am not an expert on helping young children to pray. Quite the opposite! Visitors to our house, especially those who do not have children, might be shocked by the chaos surrounding the recitation of our daily family rosary. They would be even more surprised that I am offering adviceRead More
Mercy Sister Marie Foley, who served students, parents and faculty at Mercy High School in Baltimore for 40 years, died Jan. 15 at the Villa retirement convent in BaltimoreRead More