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 aRead More

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 pageRead More

Our peonies are blooming! In my second spring as an owner of a peony bush, I knew to watch for the ants crawling over the flowers before they bloomed.Who would ever think to put wax that ants love to eat over flower bulbs? Isn’t it amazing to watch the antsRead More

Photos by Patti Murphy DohnIt seems as though every year goes by faster and faster…My first year of retirement from Campus Ministry has gone by in the blink of an eye.Now that the John Carroll Class of 2015, as well as all their senior high school peers across thisRead More

“Mama,” Daniel told me the other day, “I know how to count in Spanish!”“You do?” I was impressed. Who knew Pre-K was so advanced! “Can I hear it?”“Well, I only know ‘three,’” he said. “I think it’s ‘tray-del.’”Read More

It’s the last day of school! I am so very sad to see first grade end. After the excitement of kindergarten last year, first grade—at least from this parent’s perspective—was a breeze.Leo could do his homework in the after-school program. His teacher emailed once a week about the assignments forRead More

“The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.”School’s out for summer:The schools in the Baltimore metropolitan area are almost all closed now for the summer break. The laughter of children is in the air.Today is the last day for my daughter who teaches third grade at Gunpowder ElementaryRead More

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