I had an unexpected encounter with a wasp in my shower yesterday morning. The ugly rascal somehow made his way into my loofa, so when I went to use said loofa, I got a painful surprise. Right on my belly. I don’t know if you’ve ever experienced a wasp sting (it was my first),…
“But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” (2 Cor 3:18) Sanctification is something that has been on my mind lately, probably because I’ve been undergoing it on…
Today I am wearing red. Given that the BCS championship between Notre Dame and the University of Alabama happens tonight, some in my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, might think I’ve finally come to my senses. They’ve been waiting for it for some …
As a mother and teacher, I have had a difficult time trying to get my head and heart around the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings. For me, the most challenging part has been trying to understand how such an evil act could prevail against our most vu…
Having collected three years of reward points on my credit card, I recently decided it was time to redeem those points for a weekend trip to New Orleans to with my best girl friends. Our aim was to visit various Catholic cathedrals, see some attra…