The holiday season is over and millions of students and educators across the country have returned to school. Students and educators from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. returned to school today, 20 days after a shooting which killed 26 people. Students and staff went to a different schoolRead More
Welcome to the New Year! Welcome to 2013! We’ve made it through a whopper of a year in 2012. Major weather storms, tragedies beyond comprehension, life-changing elections, and a pending Mayan Apocalypse all made their mark last year, but that’s in the past. As 2012 came to an end, many of youRead More
It was just an ordinary Sunday in January. It was also the Feast of the Epiphany. And there was a big Ravens game that day. John and I went to a late Mass and then headed to the grocery store. Everyone else was watching the Ravens-Dolphins game, so we had aRead More
This time of the year, we’re all aware of the oldies but goodies when it comes to New Year’s resolutions. Some of the “classics” include: losing weight, exercising more, quitting smoking, spending more time with family and working on our careers. I’ve resolved to do these things over the years, includingRead More
Last year at this time I was writing my first entries for Open Window, although the blog didn’t actually launch on The Catholic Review’s site until March. So, as the year ends, I thought it might be fun to see which posts received the greatest number of hits. If you askedRead More
Ever since I became a mother, I have identified more closely with four of the five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. The Annunciation aligns so well with how we received word that both of our sons would be coming into our family—both times by telephone and with some degree of surprise. The Visitation—whenRead More