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October 2025

October 26, 2025
My focus for the month of October has been love and kindness. I started with...
October 19, 2025
  My husband and I were going to get married on Sweetest Day in 1989....
October 18, 2025
  The Day Everything Went “Wrong” and Exactly Right When my husband and I were...
October 12, 2025
Millions of people experience learning disabilities that affect the way they process information. These neurological...
October 05, 2025
There are few experiences more humbling than standing under a clear night sky. The stars...

September 2025

September 28, 2025
Look around. We are living in a me first world where people are intentionally uninvolved...
September 21, 2025
September is World Alzheimer’s Month and September 21 is World Alzheimer's Day. According to alz.org,...
September 14, 2025
Self-help is more popular today than ever before. Bookstores are filled with titles promising quick...
September 07, 2025
This is Patriot Day. On September 11, 2001, I was working at Meijer, Inc. At...

August 2025

August 31, 2025
As human beings, we are always longing for more. We long for connection. Some people...
August 24, 2025
The Growing Mental Health Crisis The World Health Organization (WHO) provides some disturbing facts in...
August 17, 2025
You swipe your finger. You hear the shuffle of a virtual deck. Then there is...
August 10, 2025
The Great Commission  “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the...
August 03, 2025
The other day, meal time prayer just popped into my head. I got this vision...

July 2025

July 27, 2025
The International Day of Friendship is July 30. It was designated by the United Nations...
July 20, 2025
The Gift of Life As my fourth grandchild, a girl, was brought into this world,...
July 13, 2025
Did you know that July 15 is National Give Something Away Day? National Give Something...
July 06, 2025
The Joy of Ice Cream  In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice...

June 2025

June 29, 2025
Have you ever spent time in Eucharistic Adoration? What is it? In an online article...
June 22, 2025
Life in the Midst of Storms Life can be difficult. Juggling work, family, household chores...
June 15, 2025
The Spiritual Meaning of Fatherhood In researching how Father’s Day came about, I found an...
June 08, 2025
  Have you ever paused to see a child through God’s eyes? As a mother...
June 01, 2025
  Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere! People are using it to help them daily in...

May 2025

May 25, 2025
There has been a rise in constant connectivity and burnout. This is because we have...
May 18, 2025
When I began processing my father’s death back in February of this year (2025),  I...
May 11, 2025
Sometimes I just feel lost. The world can be hard. I know who I am,...
May 04, 2025
My husband suffers from depression. He is willing to talk about it freely now. When...

April 2025

April 27, 2025
This year, I started listening to Fr. Mike Schmitz’s Catechism in a Year podcast to...
April 20, 2025
  Have you ever been so busy that even prayer feels like a chore? It...
April 13, 2025
The following represents opinions and accumulated information. Please read and determine your own opinion. I...
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