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October 30, 2018

This Halloween even the soup is scary

The pumpkins are carved. The costumes are ready. The decorations are up. Even the chicken noodle soup is disguised as a ghost.
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October 25, 2018

Pokemon tournaments, not winning $1 billion, what we had for dinner this week, and more (7 Quick Takes)

There was a time where I was not proficient in Pokemon. I’m still not an expert, but I can at least speak the language.
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October 22, 2018

What would you do with $1 billion?

We’re all thinking about it, right? What exactly would we do if we were to win more than $1 billion in the Mega Millions jackpot?
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October 19, 2018

An Amelia Bedelia move, rats, a trip to the salad bar, and a few conference leftovers (7 Quick Takes)

I ran out of ideas for dinner by the end of the week, so I cooked a little of everything that was left in the fridge. It didn’t look like much of a spread on the table.
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October 16, 2018

Beauty in word and art and in a Catholic women’s conference

A group of 28 women came together for Saturday for “Beauty in Word & Art: Catholic Women Writers, Artists & Social Media Voices in the New Evangelization” at the Shrine. The day was an absolute gift.
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October 12, 2018

Apple picking, scarecrow making, apple pie, two birthdays at once, and a quick day trip (7 Quick Takes)

When you aren’t playing soccer during the fall, you have these wide open weekends to fill—or at least I thought that would be the case. So my husband and I were determined we would go apple picking this fall.
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October 10, 2018

A season of loss and love

I used to love autumn, and I still do. But when the leaves begin to change, and the evenings and mornings are dimmer, there are moments when the weight of the season hits me. Even with all the beauty and life and celebration of this time of year, autumn is also a season of loss—especially...
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October 6, 2018

Making memories on a long weekend, ice skating at the beach, boating, painted screens, and more (7 Quick Takes)

My husband wasn’t able to join us for our beach vacation with my family this summer, so we promised our sons a long weekend in Ocean City, Md., this fall.
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September 30, 2018

St. Therese’s little way: Taking up the bread and wine

Carrying the bread and wine to the altar is such a small thing to do—just a tiny step when you consider that the bread and wine then becomes the Body and Blood and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
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September 28, 2018

The Trumpet of the Swan, early pumpkin carving, and how we celebrated our 14th anniversary (7 Quick Takes)

What were your favorite books when you were a child? Our younger son’s current favorite is The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White.
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September 23, 2018

An encounter at the Charm City Night Market

Weeks ago when I heard that Baltimore's Chinatown Collective was planning the Charm City Night Market, I marked my calendar. I could not wait to go and kick off the Moon Festival with Asian food and music at a festival near Baltimore’s former Chinatown.
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September 20, 2018

Slot car racing, homework fun, back to school night, and an Orioles game (7 Quick Takes)

The other day my phone rang, and I saw that it was my father. It was a rainy day, he was making a round-trip to New York that day, and he had left a few boxes of slot cars and track at his house for us.
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