I was making coffee early on the Fourth of July when I heard the ping of a text message.

Did she like mustard? We didn’t know. Did she want a stuffed mustard? Maybe not. But we had a feeling this was the right gift.

Getting someone’s attention at the balloon counter was tricky, but when I finally found an employee, I asked her to fill up six red balloons.

God often has something else up his sleeve. And he likes to make sure we know that he sees us and that he’s walking right by our side.

I know there are people who say that a child learns best when they need to deal with the consequences. But I think there are enough hard consequences in life. The lessons I want to teach my children are to respond with compassion.

My son and I were hurrying to an appointment, and the parking garage was packed. We snagged a spot on the top level of the garage and walked over to the elevator. I don’t always have much faith in elevators, and I would prefer to take the stairs, but we were in a rush, and […]

Sometimes you feel like you’re faced with a problem with no apparent solution. That’s when we can turn to St. Rita.

I wouldn’t want to hold our children back. Or maybe I would, just a little bit, to keep them close a little longer.

Forever ago—or maybe it was just the other day—I packed a lunchbox for my 4-year-old to take to school.

“I love thinking of how God was watching, guiding us toward one another, always knowing how it would come together. He must have enjoyed seeing how we connected over a much-loved painting of a little girl and a dog.”