Thy Grace is Sufficient

Recently, and for the first time, I heard a friend speak the Latin words Deus semper minor . The literal translation of this is "God ...

Turn this up....the sound is not so good, but the song is amazing: My mind is dull and jaded From these years of buy and sell My eyes have s...

Tonight, we are pausing life at our house to watch, via slight DVR delay, the Grammy Awards. And so, in the interest of bringing my 8 read...

What would it be like to come back to life, hundreds of years following your own death? James Taylor was inspired to write a fictional accou...

When I was a kid, Jonathan Winters used to make me laugh so hard, I would cry. He still does. Really now, how much can you do with just a s...

I Used to Dream...About Who I Would Become When I was younger, I used to dream about what my life would be like someday. Someday. When I gr...

'Ring Out, Wild Bells' By Alfred Tennyson - circa 1850 Ring ...

When I was a boy, my parents had a record album of a Christmas concert / dinner party that they played every year. The original event was s...

Christmas is in just four short days. What happened to the time?! Today, for the first time, I heard this Christmas Carol. Its perfe...

This one will be a bit long, so be patient with me. The Lag in Writing I have not been writing here for over a month. I am not really sure ...

For more years than I can count, Nancy always asks me to write the family Christmas Letter. And every year comes the same feeling; how...

Do you ever wonder why you were put on this earth? Do you ever find yourself pondering deeply profound questions of life while driving in th...

This is my Dad, circa 1942. This is his grand daughter, circa Halloween 2009. She is wearing his flight suit in which he piloted B-17s in W...

Recently, while visiting Older Daughter at DePaul University, I had the opportunity to attend Mass at St. Vincent Depaul Parish, on the cam...

Younger sister and I have just returned from Chicago for DePaul Family Weekend 2009 , otherwise known as Visiting The Gigantic Educational E...

"It wasn't his life goal to be known as a hero, but it has been his life goal to have a close, loving relationship with his daughte...

We received a last minute invite Saturday night to the Hollywood Bowl. Boy, are we glad we said yes, and never have I been more surprised a...

" Spend your life inside a box looking through stained glass Dream about a better day and hope it finds you fast" Lately, I have b...

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