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Last weekend my hubby installed the rack for our kayaks onto my car. While it's still too cold for me,...

I called our garbage company to schedule a pick up for the treadmill. The conversation went thusly: me - I...

I remember being 17 when my mother was going through the dresser drawers in my bedroom as she was putting...

About 21 years ago our youngest daughter, Lillian, contracted a bronchial infection that almost took her life. She couldn’t breathe,...

I used to think that people who said that they were 'seeking their inner child' were tree-hugging, pot-smoking, yoga-ing, new...

I'm going dark for 40 days... and I'm pretty excited about it. ✔️Facebook suspended ✔️Twitter on notice ✔️Instagram pic updated...

Have you ever been to one of those all-you-can-eat buffets? I'm talking about the really big ones that offer too...

As we beging the secular descent into holiday hell, which seems to have replaced the holy season of Advent and...

Yesterday, I posted the following on my personal Facebook wall: "The US Catholic Bishops just put out a paper on...

Is there a God? I believe there is. I'm a cradle Catholic; tick all the 'sacrament' boxes, attend Mass on...

I look forward to the day when women will be nice to each other. Women can be the most loving...

If you're a regular reader (if not, why?) you'll know that in February we adopted an incredibly shy Russian Blue...

[read the next few lines in your best Michael Bolton voice] "When a man loves a woman, Can't keep his...

[disclaimer: this is a conversation in my head made up of several actual conversations through my time in youth ministry.]...

My cat is so focused on her unattainable prey.  Monica sits, watches, and waits behind an old, dirty window that...

Have you ever changed your Lenten Sacrifice during Lent? I originally gave up wine. Too easy; didn't think it through....

Have you ever heard something so stupid it made you think... "This deserves a meme"? I didn't create the above...

A little over 20 years ago, my husband and I moved to the country where we could raise our two...

As you may know, I now have a cat. I don't think she realizes that. Monica, our new kitten, has...

I always hated cats. Stuck up, prideful animals. I grew up with dogs. My best friend growing up was a...