It’s July! This is my favorite month of the year, and it’s not a coincidence that it happens to be the month I was born. Summer is my favorite season, July is my favorite month, and…well…who doesn’t love celebrating birthdays? Especially when you’re turning 40. But I still have 25Read More

During bedtime prayers last night, our younger son prayed that the weekend would start Friday morning. So if that happened, that’s why!And, if not, let’s hope for a wonderful Friday that feels almost like a weekend. But either way, let’s hope the weekend is coming quickly, especially if you feelRead More

It’s 2016. So our sons rarely get mail. In fact, if you take out the bills and the ads and the Amazon packages full of chicken soup, John and I don’t get much either.Many nights I almost forget to check the mailbox, and my husband pulls it out when heRead More

If you’re looking for an update on the mouse in our house, here’s the latest.We surrender. We’re just going to let him roam free. I don’t know how well this is going to work, but we don’t have the stamina to keep trying to catch him. The sticky traps haveRead More

By Christopher Gunty The Catholic Review We say some prayers so quickly, sometimes we get to the end of the prayer and think, “What did I just say?” Prayers such as the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail Mary, if the domestic church is alive and strong, we learned from our parents – or even from...Read More

At first glance, the depressing futuristic premise of the Hunger Games makes it seem unlikely fare for youthful audiences.Read More

Poet Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) has delighted generations with his reflections on the beauty of our trees:Trees I think that I shall never seeRead More