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We sat for dinner at the kitchen table like every other night when I go off to see clients. My husband pulled our Toyota Matrix into the driveway minutes fresh after retrieving it with four new [...]

As part of the team implementing the Kids for Jesus  School of Virtue at our school, I have had a unique bird’s eye view of the dynamics between our second year principal and our teachers. [...]

In August, money flew from the Weber home paying for the replacements of eight flat tires and the repair of a collapsed bunk bed, a clogged bathroom sink, a broken toilet seat, among other [...]

Our recent encounter with vandalism where we had eight of our tires slashed led me to an article I recently posted on my Facebook fan page titled, “Three Ways to Protect Against Vandalism”.   The [...]

It was 6:00 am.  After automatically waking up 30 minutes before my alarm, I seized the opportunity to run to the convenience store to purchase two Reese peanut butter cups  for our oldest son [...]

Arriving home from work in the early afternoon, our oldest, then two years old, greeted me with a puffy red face looking like he had been hit by a truck. He had an allergic reaction to a cashew [...]

St. Teresa Avila once told God, “Dear Lord, if this is how You treat Your friends, it is no wonder You have so few!” A scent of that sentiment entered my mind when we returned from our family [...]

Our family has attended all 13 of the Mid-west Family Catholic Conferences in Wichita each August. With each succeeding year our attendance has segued from a nice-to-attend to an essential [...]

Like many Americans, our family enjoyed cheering our Team USA at the Olympics. Particularly attractive was seeing the athletes who won with grace. There’s Gabby Douglas, winner in the individual [...]

I was a little concerned every time I watch my 6th grader and his friends at cross country conditioning training. They were walking, not running! At the very first meeting the coach emphasized [...]