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Five canines have found their way in my heart and earthly life.  But Bernard, Tootsie, Huey, Wink, and Cleavey didn’t hold a candle to our black puppy Daisy, who just turned one year old today. [...]

Off to the second day of soccer practice for our kindergartener Benjamin, Gianna excitedly and carefully packed several toys to play with her classmate Kim, a sibling of Benjamin’s buddy and [...]

For my kids’ recent seven-week stint on the swim team I made work concessions so that I could stay for practices and watch. I did not want our youngest Benjamin, an inexperienced swimmer, to get [...]

I had my first mom-to-mom conversation over a friendship issue with my soon-to-be 3rd grader, Gianna. I witnessed uncharitable behavior on the part of my daughter’s peer towards Gianna. Because [...]

Friday night at the Ignation Silent Retreat greeted me with a pleasant surprise. A friend I had invited to the retreat last weekend unexpectedly came. Before she left, she hugged me and thanked [...]

In the previous blog, I described how our weekly tennis lessons evolved. I noticed that I was not the only one enjoying them. At first one of my friends, Trish, was saying she only planned on [...]

My youngest, Benjamin, started the four-year-old pre-school this year. While I am still dealing with the challenges of the half day pick up, he is now in school three instead of just two mornings [...]