Children are always most curious and observant when it’s time for bed. So, of course, it was at bedtime last week when our younger son noticed that one of our zebra finches had redness around her tail.
Commentary
Legacies of amazing women often go unnoticed
I realize women like my amazing mother and grandmother don’t have to make history to influence others and leave a legacy.
Secret birthday gifts, the finches go to the Oscars, and a butter bunny (7 Quick Takes)
~1~ My niece Elise will turn 15 this week, so I’ve been assembling a package to ship to her in time for her birthday. I wish I could tell you what I’m sending, but she’s an enthusiastic 7 Quick Takes reader, so I’ll have to fill you in later. But I will tell you I […]
Try to see the love
Go home and find a crucifix, the priest said. Sit and hold it and really look at it.
A letter to my godson
When you love God and recognize that he’s given you a role on earth that is just for you to do, you’ll find he helps you achieve things for him that seem almost impossible.
Shamrocks, soda bread, and two dates for mom and dad (7 Quick Takes)
This year I decided we should have something Irish for our door.
Catholic leaders: Maryland bill would ‘expand an already extreme abortion landscape’
There is a disturbing proposal making its way through the legislative process in Annapolis that seeks to enshrine abortion in our state’s constitution. House Bill 1171 is an attempt to unnecessarily amend Maryland’s Constitution to expand an already extreme abortion landscape under the guise of “reproductive liberty.”
The world begins today
It started as an ordinary enough day. I was just starting the workday at my office when my phone rang. My new nephew had been born!
Purgatory and the good thief/ Weddings during Lent
It has been a clear and consistent belief of the church, “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven”
Bee is for Buettner, babies, and bananas (7 Quick Takes)
When I put dinner on the table, I told my children that I bought the placemats because “bee is for Buettner.”
Fasting: Connecting to joy
When fasting, we are more likely to be attentive; be intelligent; be reasonable; be responsible.
Two years later, a double-dip feeling
This week, as we find ourselves marking the second anniversary of the day schools—and the world—shut down, I find my mind wandering back to March 2020. Our world turned upside-down.