It was a rainy Sunday afternoon when my father knocked on our door. He handed me a sheet of test scores from Mrs. Dougherty’s fourth-grade class, a dog’s license we had apparently never attached to her collar, and a report card from my first semester of college. Now, I was never a summa cum laude […]
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Old Bay Goldfish, treats on the grill, and thoughts on prayer (7 Quick Takes)
Here in Baltimore, we take our Old Bay seriously. We put it on many foods—pizza and scrambled eggs and tuna melts and pasta and corn on the cob. Yum.
Finding solace in faith after shootings provide another reminder of horrific day
The latest tragedies in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., arrive less than a month before my personal anniversary of gloom on June 28 – the date four years ago when five of my newspaper colleagues were shot to death in an Annapolis newsroom.
A lost tortoise comes home
This story starts with a birthday wish and ends with a miracle.
Yard sales, a B2 Spirit bomber, and a backyard scavenger hunt (7 Quick Takes)
~1~ Our neighborhood held its annual yard sale this weekend. Before I married John, I am not sure I had ever even gone to a yard sale. But John really enjoys selling things. He especially loves the neighborhood yard sale because we get to see neighbors that we haven’t seen all winter—and meet a few […]
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When St. Bernadette’s relics came to Baltimore
I realized I could fit in a very brief trip, but it would have to be on my own, without my family.
Taking care of Mom and Dad
This month and next, as we celebrate all mothers and fathers, many of us will be in the blessed but challenging position of helping our parents navigate their older years, when human fragility can bring on sometimes all-encompassing vulnerability.
A band concert miracle
I sent my husband an email titled, “HALLELUJAH!”
Muffin tops, soup weather, pasta for the Class of 2022, and more (7 Quick Takes)
When I baked this week, I decided to try to make a few muffins that were just the tops.
Mary, be a mother to me now
Mary, too, wants to be less of a guest in our lives and more of a mother to each of us.
Through a child’s eyes
I’m so grateful to have the photo our son captured of this wonderful priest’s warm smile.