I groaned as I saw the frost on my car. And then I saw the smile.

God may not have invented the cell phone or the bacon-egg-and-cheese bagel, but he did create us and he knows where we are weak.

Before we sit down to our Thanksgiving feasts let’s mark the day spiritually by attending Mass, praying the Psalms of thanksgiving (Psalms 113-118), or at the very least, pausing with loved ones to give voice to our blessings, despite our difficulties.

We are still eating our way through the apples we picked last week, so I made an apple cake. Our house smells sweet and cinnamon, but this beautiful cake only used six apples.

Like many other people, we bought a Powerball ticket. Then we did a little dreaming.

As the old saying goes: “There is no sinner without a future, and no saint without a past.”

This week we are celebrating Discover Catholic Schools Week, which is a time to spread the word about the substantial benefits and meaningful opportunities a Catholic education can deliver for students and their families.

It has been a few years since we’ve gone apple picking. So, when we realized we had a few free hours on a sunny Saturday, we headed up to Baugher’s to pick apples.

I felt the resilience of a people struggling to retain not only their territory, but also their faith, culture and national identity.

Our latest advance is streaming TV. For those unclear on the concept, you pay a monthly fee in exchange for everything in that streamer’s library of titles and episodes.