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Two parents and their teenage daughter sat together over breakfast in a hotel dining area. Eggs, bacon, toast…they ate quietly, watching television and occasionally commenting to one another. The [...]

Choices are the hinges of destiny. Edwin Markham his week-end, my youngest son asked his girlfriend to marry him. As a parent, this is one of the biggest decisions I [...]

Forgive my single-mindedness. These weeks are consumed with the final stages of our move to St. Bernadette's. As we close-in on this milestone, I'm flooded with thoughts on the road to this [...]

As I begin this post, I'm sitting in the new home for our pharmacy operation. The vanguard of a complete move of our entire operation happening next week. The direct journey to this moment [...]

In our house, we have always gone to great lengths to protect that time in the evening that was once reserved exclusively for the family dinner. Even in the years of youth sports and school [...]

Have you ever noticed how certain words seem to resonate with you differently at different times in your life? Like a melody, a smell, or a place, words attach themselves to memories and often [...]

December is here, in all of its bright and glittery fullness, as our season of waiting. For Christians, we are in the season of Advent – a time for anticipating the birth of Jesus Christ, and [...]

I recently finished a book entitled “Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle Earth” by John Garth. For Tolkien fans, it is a delightfully insightful journey through his days just [...]

Wired within each of us is the desire to be helpful, to be generous with ourselves. We are made to give and naturally seek ways to actualize this innate spirit. Every day, we are given many [...]

Our blessings reflect the Divine in our lives.   Our gratitude echoes hope in His promise.   Our sharing manifests these gifts in loving action.