Born in 1962, I am one of those tail-end Baby Boomers who doesn’t really fit the mold; my husband is at the leading edge of Gen X. All three of our children fall at various points in the Gen Z grouping, from the earliest year in that category to midway ...
When we returned from a weeklong family trip to Rome, several friends asked me to name the one monumental moment from the trip, the standout thing that made ...
Right about this time in the Easter season, I begin to slip into complacency. The enormity of the resurrection starts to seem “ordinary,” one more thing I ...
A few weeks ago, I took my daughter, Olivia, to see a production of “Les Miserables” in a beautiful old theater not far from our home. The show had been a ...
It's hard to believe that in just about six months we'll be departing for Rome on our 13-day food-faith pilgrimage, Italy: A Feast for Body and Soul. Since I ...
Once a year -- usually during March, which is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month -- I parade out a photo of my fine-looking colon to get your ...
"You Can't Fail Lent: Learning to see these 40 days as journey, not a test." That's what I'll be talking about on Wednesday, April 2, when I head to Darien, ...
Ever since joining Facebook a few years ago, I've been fairly addicted. Okay, super addicted. I loved my Facebook world. Too much. We definitely had a ...
After Pope Francis recently shared the story of reaching into his confessor’s casket and stealing the cross off his Rosary beads, I sent my husband, Dennis, ...
My March "Life Lines" column running in the current issue of Catholic New York:
I decided to clean out some dresser drawers last weekend, and mixed in with ...
