A few months ago Leo’s teacher posed a question to her students each day, and their answers were written on a list on the wall. I wasn’t surprised by some of his answers, such as what made him angry (when my brother stomps on my train), or what made him afraidRead More
The Turkey Bowl has been one of the biggest football games for two high schools in the Baltimore area for nearly a century. Calvert Hall College and Loyola Blakefield have competed against each other every Thanksgiving morning for 93 years. In fact, it’s the oldest continuous Catholic prep-school football rivalryRead More
Just when the caterpiller thought it was the end, it turned into a butterfly. Or, as Hazel Norwell Ailor put it: “The longing for a warm cocoon recedes as new worlds beckon eager butterflies.”Read More
“Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His love endures forever.” Psalm 107:1 I turned on the radio last Saturday morning and Lite 102 had already started their around-the-clock Christmas music. Yes, it’s not even Thanksgiving and I heard “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.” Good heavens ... .Read More
We’re joining my parents for Thanksgiving dinner, and I realized yesterday that I hadn’t offered to bring anything. I called my mother. “Why don’t I bring the sangria?” I said. “Can I do anything else?” I held my breath hoping my mother would suggest that I bring store-bought rolls or something alongRead More
Over the last 18 months, I’ve tried really hard to be the vegan I was mentored to be: to oppose all hints of eating animals or wearing them or watching them at the circus because animals shouldn’t be tortured for entertainment.But there was a problem stirring deep inside that IRead More