Social media loves Thursdays. On Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram you will see lots of nostalgic photos being posted with the hashtag “tbt” or “ThrowbackThursday.” (#tbt #ThrowbackThursday)Like a walk down memory lane, lots of people are posting old photos that bring a smile to their faces on Thursdays. It has becomeRead More
Barbara P. Canavan, a graduate of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg and Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, was named superintendent of Harford County Public Schools Feb. 24.Read More
About a month ago my sister called with fantastic news: my 10-year-old niece landed the lead in Oliver. We were all excited, and John and I started talking about going as a family to see her perform.Flickr/Jeroen KrahThen it hit me. Oliver is about orphaned children growing up in poverty.Read More
Last week I met a Jesuit who lives in Manhattan. Fr. Fred Pellegrini is a vocation promoter who was visiting Loyola University Maryland, and we ended up sitting down to talk.“Your vocation isn’t your career,” Fr. Pellegrini told me. “It’s about something much deeper within yourself. You might be aRead More
Baby food containers have changed dramatically since I began spooning puree into my children’s mouths in 2009. With Collin, it was glass jars. With Frank, plastic tubs. And now that Leo is getting ready to eat solid food, the pouch is all the rage.Those little jars I got for CollinRead More
Friday’s blog was my 300th here.That’s no blogging record, but it was still a surprise to me. When my first blog was posted here March 1, 2012, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. Since then I’ve connected with so many wonderful people through this space, and I am soRead More
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...” (1 Peter 1:3a) There is nothing that brings more joy to my Church-loving heart than a specialRead More