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November 2013

November 07, 2013

Small Success Thursday: Little Is OK

How is it already Thursday? It's tempting to populate this week's Small Success Thursday post...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Small Success Thursday: Unpacking Edition

Over at CatholicMom.com, my friends and colleagues Sarah Reinhard and Sherry Antonetti have resurrected one...

October 10, 2013

Rome: The Capital of the Family — What Will it Take?

New out this morning is a report on the upcoming Synod on the Family and...

October 08, 2013

Hey Pope Francis, Thanks for the Synod!

Fresh news this morning that Pope Francis has called for Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the...

October 07, 2013

Does Oversharing Online Scar Our Kids?

CNN has an interesting feature online today about whether or not we -- as parents...

October 06, 2013

Embracing My “Wow!”

I am sitting in the airport after having spent a most fabulous weekend in Denver....

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Of Elders, Children and The Greatest Among Us

Blessedly, today finds me working from my home office. This is a rare occurrence in...

September 22, 2013

CARA: Skipping Mass for Soccer?

From the Twitter Feed of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate: Spelling out...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

My Baby, Rocking Twice as Hard

Just because I'm a proud mom, and because I think this is pretty cool, I'm...

August 14, 2013

Little Fulton, St. Lawrence and Burn Safety Awareness

On January 8th, 2013 a little piece of our world was turned upside down. I...

July 2013

July 13, 2013

Surviving the High School Reunion — Share Your Advice

I don't have much time to write this morning as I sit in my "Westin...

July 10, 2013

Man of Steel: Three Faith Takeaways

I'm likely late to the party in writing about Man of Steel, but since I've been...

July 08, 2013

What Ants and Sin Have in Common

I'd intended to return from my weekend away and offline with some type of mind-bending...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

DOMOMAP: Defense of My Own Marriage Action Plan

I'd like to weigh in on the big news of today in my own way,...

June 07, 2013

Cardinal Burke Speaks Lovingly of Devotion to Sacred Heart of Jesus

Today, as we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I invite...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

Learning to Live from Someone Who Has Died – Zach Sobiech

This video has been making the rounds since the world said goodbye to Zach Sobiech...

May 07, 2013

Publix Mom — I Dare You Not to Cry…

I couldn't get through this without tears -- a lovely, simple but clear pro-life message...

May 06, 2013

Too Blessed to Be Stressed: The Bible, on Busyness

I love it when God hits me between the eyeballs with a baseball bat message...

April 2013

April 09, 2013

What Hate, Entitlement and Stupidity Look Like in the Digital Age

Hey friends, I hope you'll permit me a moment of non-Catholic, issue oriented blogging today....

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Mid-Life, Michelle Obama’s Bangs, and Me

In trolling the CNN site tonight, I came across this video gem: Yes, an entire...

February 07, 2013

Teen Locked in Basement: Let’s Get out of Our Bubbles

Watching this story today on CNN, I was horrified: A 17 year old, developmentally delayed...

February 03, 2013

The Bible: Why I’ll Be Watching the Burnett/Downey Miniseries

I'm not usually a huge television watcher, but there is one show that's a "don't...

February 01, 2013

Tales of Tragedy Told: Archdiocese of LA Releases Files

The news hit in a big way last night. It wasn't a surprise in any...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Productivity Pondering: The Day My Name Was in the Wall Street Journal

One of the things I sometimes forget when I blog here at Patheos is that...

January 30, 2013

30 Things I’ve Learned from My #Whole30

Today is January 30th, 2013. For me, it marks the end of a commitment I...

January 28, 2013

Goga “No Work” Workout – Does “Not Working” Work?

This morning, in my perusing around the Internet I ran across this CNN video touting "Gym...

January 21, 2013

Navigating the Turns of Life’s Winding Road

A stream of consciousness post, mentally written on my drive home from the mountains yesterday...

January 18, 2013

Brain Dumping: My “To Do” List Runneth Over…

One of my fellow Patheos bloggers asked an interesting question the other day to our...

January 17, 2013

The Manti Mess: What I’ll be Discussing with My Sons

As the whole Manti Te'o/"Lennay Kekua saga" continues with information swirling around us, I've been pondering...

January 16, 2013

“Catfished” – I Believe Manti Te’o

My head is reeling tonight from a story involving both my alma mater, Notre Dame...