Monthly Archives: July 2016

As a young Catholic girl growing up in a tiny South Texas town, the Pope in Rome seemed as far away as a person on another planet. I never imagined that he would even know we existed. Yesterday, the Pontiff … Continue reading →

Of course I’d heard of organ donation, but it stopped being theory and became personally real when my husband’s aunt received a new liver in December of 1999. Seeing how this new, healthy organ changed her life made organ donation … Continue reading →

  I’m sitting here with dye in my hair and moisturizer on my face looking through the homeschool websites and curriculum lists that in February I swore were a part of my past. I’ve got 35 minuted until I have … Continue reading →

**Every Friday, I reach back into my archives and pull out something you might have missed. In the light of the horrible things in the news today, here’s a reminder of the time that strangers from around the world banded … Continue reading →

Packing. Digging. Sorting. Purging. There is something very peaceful for me in the act of decreasing. For too long, I have nagged, begged, and pleaded with my husband and children about the extreme amount of stuff in our house. The people … Continue reading →

Last week, our landlady abruptly announced that instead of renewing our lease as agreed, she had decided to sell our house of five years. We were unexpectedly thrown into the tumult of moving. As we searched for a home which … Continue reading →

Every Fourth of July since moving to Texas, we’ve spent the day and evening at my friend Teresa’s house. It’s a full day of kids, family, food, and skeet shooting off the upstairs balcony. In the evening, her husband and … Continue reading →