Catholic Schools Week: January 25-31, 2015 On Sunday I kicked off Catholic Schools Week (CSW) with my best memories from years past during my ministry at John Carroll and some reflections by grads of Catholic schools in Harford County.In Part 2, I'll continue to share more reflections from Catholic school gradsRead More

I’m starting my day with not one but two Mother’s Day breakfasts at two different schools. Somehow it seems about right that to celebrate being a mother, I need to get up early, pack lunches, drive to one school and eat breakfast with both my boys, and then take ourRead More

For Father’s Day our sons were so busy not telling their father what his gift was that of course he figured it out. “It’s not an Estes rocket, Baba.””Did he just tell Baba a lie, Mama?”We had to get John an Estes rocket, and when we saw that they made oneRead More

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.  Read More

It snowed this week. Again. I’m feeling the effects of the lack of routine. Our children really should be in school now and then. But the snow and ice just keeps coming.Have you ever read The Monster at the End of This Book? I feel a little like Grover as on pageRead More