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The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called same-sex marriage “the greatest social experiment of our time” and said that “children do not need experiments,” but rather the love of a mother and father at the third annual March for Marriage rally supporting traditional marriage on Capitol Hill.

It’s strawberry time! We like them plain or sugared or dropped on one of those round yellow cake shells and smothered in whipped cream.We also have a few strawberry recipes we love. I’ve shared each of these before, but never in one convenient place. And who has time to hunt

The lead Vatican organizer of September’s World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia is under investigation by Italian prosecutors for alleged embezzlement.

Introduction to our search for the right preschool:In searching for a school for our son Frank, who has developmental delays, we found it difficult to find a warm and safe place where he can play and learn.  This is the first in a four-part series on our preschool

A couple weeks ago we sent away for five caterpillars. When they arrived, they were tiny, moving around inside their plastic cup and not doing much else.They grew…and grew.Then on Friday the first two climbed to the lid of the cup and became chrysalides.As I understand it, and biology is

The Knott Scholarship Funds have announced the winners of the 2015 Knott Scholarship Competition.

Today I was vacuuming the living room—an event so rare  it would probably have deserved its own blog—when I heard our younger son come up behind me.“Mama,” he yelled over the roar of the vacuum. “I cut my hair!”I turned around and looked at his jagged bangs.“What? I said. “You’re

When you travel to China to adopt your children, you start eating in restaurants with them right away. Unless you want to live off of ramen noodles in your hotel room, you don’t have another choice.Maybe that’s why, even though we have had moments of poor restaurant behavior, eating out