When I was growing up, we had a fish tank full of tropical fish. One was a little swordfish and my younger brother named him Tom Swift, Jr., after the book character.At the time there were surveys that would come in the mail. We would fill out surveys in hisRead More

When I arrived at school to pick our sons up on Tuesday, our younger son was holding an ice pack on his thumb. It had gotten caught in a door—a big heavy metal one—and he said it hurt.I had stopped for chicken nuggets for the boys so I could pickRead More

For years my parents have talked about redoing their kitchen. After a while, I stopped listening—well, until my father said, “We’re thinking we will just move in with you while the construction is happening.”That got my attention.The construction started last week, but my parents have not moved in with us—muchRead More

We have a special visitor this week! Our school has an Our Lady of Fatima statue you can sign up to bring home, and I signed us up for the first week of May.The Blessed Mother is in a place of honor in our home and Daniel and I cut azaleaRead More

When Daniel came out of the shower the other day, I said, “Ah, fresh as a daisy!”“Mama,” he said, very seriously. “Why do you always say, ‘Fresh as a daisy’?”“Um…I just like saying it, I guess.”“Why don’t you ever say, ‘Fresh as an azalea’?”Maybe now I will.Read More

Our big excitement of the week may have been our flat tire. My parents had let us borrow their extra car, and the other day one of my colleagues pointed out that one of the tires was going flat. I filled it up with 50 cents’ worth of air atRead More

I have become a newspaper subscriber for the first time in my life. I love newspapers. I started my career as a newspaper reporter, so I would pick up a copy hot off the press—and free—at the office.But then newspapers started moving online, and I didn’t really need to getRead More

We recognize gratefully the courage of all who are resisting the (HHS) mandate, especially the Little Sisters of the Poor,” Archbishop Lori said.~Read More