I had occasion recently to drive my son to a nearby city to catch a bus. It was early in the morning and the sun was rising. As my son

The kids and I enjoyed taking our new puppy to a vacant field in the neighborhood to romp and play. When she was young, she was eager to please and

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about celebrating St. Nicholas’s feast day, and I received a lot of mail about whether or not to teach your children

This is the time of year when parenting magazines urge frazzled parents to create family traditions with their children. Anything but Crafts The articles are very helpful with detailed instructions

My family and I are struggling to absorb and find room for all the stuff that arrived with Christmas. I actually lie awake at night wondering where I am going

On a cold, foggy Saturday night, my daughter, Lauren, has her boyfriend, the Tall One, over for pizza and a movie. The kids are probably not that thrilled to spend

“You sure got a pretty little girl, there,” complimented a passerby in the Penney’s parking lot. “He’s a boy,” I tartly replied and immediately regretted.  It wasn’t the well-meaning stranger’s

All of my gel pens are gone. My daughter, Lauren, must have snatched them up as she hastily packed yesterday for her junior year at Thomas Aquinas College. As a