Schools are closed today. For weeks I have had this beautifully planned day with our day care situation well in hand.Then our older son got a birthday invitation for late in the afternoon. OK, I thought. So I’ll leave work a little early.Then our younger son got a birthday invitation forRead More

Following a week of violence, parishioners of St. Saviour Church in the Old City of Jerusalem came to Mass Oct. 19 to pray.Read More

Today is the day of Halloween parties. I’m helping with one in kindergarten, attending one with our children at our friends’ house in the evening, and then rounding out the day with a final party with John in the evening.Yes, I’ll be in costume. No, I won’t tell you what mineRead More

The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them.Read More

Somehow between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning we lost a pair of shoes.I am 93 percent sure both children were wearing shoes when I picked them up from school Wednesday.I am 82 percent sure they were wearing shoes when they walked into the house.I am 25 percent sure we willRead More

This week I am blogging about our lives every day for the Week In My Life series Kathryn is hosting at Team Whitaker. I have no time to do this. Truly, I don’t. I have been spending the week doing writing for my full-time job in the evenings, and thatRead More

How was your Thanksgiving celebration? Ours was everything I hoped it would be—delicious food, good conversation, and very little effort involved on my part. Next year maybe I will do more than bring the whipped cream, but this year that was about all I seemed to be able to manage.ThisRead More

Advent started! Luckily our kindergartener came home from school with a wreath he had made, reminding us to find our larger wreath.Then we added Advent calendars to the mix because nothing says, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” like the Avengers and little pieces of chocolate.We haven’t even started filling ourRead More