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Happy Easter! And look! I am able to post photos again! I’ll try not to overwhelm you with them. Let’s get to the takes!

Last week I let Daniel pick out some yogurt at the store. He chose the kind that comes with M&Ms. Naturally he gobbled it all down and wanted more. But there was none left.So I took some plain yogurt and found a few M&Ms to drop into it. When he

How is it already Friday? This is one of those weeks that has flown by! Before I blink and Friday is over, let’s get to the takes!

Welcome to what I do believe will be the quickest takes I’ve ever written!This week has been unlike any I have ever experienced. I don’t even remember what work-life balance is supposed to mean, but I’m pretty sure I’m not living it this week. Because I work in communications, the

“Mothers hold their children’s hands for a short while, but their hearts forever.”

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 our

It’s 5-15-15! As a special treat, today you can read these takes backwards or forwards and they will make just as much sense either way!

“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Jennifer WilliamsThis week The Catholic Review is saying goodbye and best wishes to web editor Jennifer Williams. And I am offering my own Kudos for a job well done to this former student turned friend. Since 1999, Jenn has been part of The Catholic Review team that brings

Whenever our boys see a minivan that is the same make, model, and color as ours, they yell out, “Look! There’s our cousin!” I am totally on board with the idea that our minivan might have cousins on the road.Somehow, though, even though they have been doing this for a

I know you have seen their photo… It was taken right before the wedding of  U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Caleb Earwood and his bride Maggie last Saturday. And it’s popped up everywhere on social media feeds and on many news programs since their photographer Dwayne Schmidt posted it on his Facebook page