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Honoring the Gray Haired–and Those Who Help Them

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Kids: they’re kind of my thing. Babies, toddlers,… middle school, high school, college… you get the picture. As a mom, as a teacher, it’s been

No SuperMom

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In honor of Mother’s Day,here’s a post for the other 364 days… [Originally written and published in my Kenosha News “My Turn” column] I don’t think

Punishment or Protection? …When Life Seems ‘Out of Order’…

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They looked at me like I’d killed their grandma. Or at least stolen their candy. In truth, I’d tried to save them from the machine

Musing to the Music

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I write to Josh Groban. No, not like sending him letters in the mail. Like playing his songs while I type. His music demands something.

When You Spoiled the Easter Egg Hunt

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I’ll never forget the look on her face. I was five, and we were on a school field trip, an Easter party at a park.

Palm Sunday’s Hidden Surprise

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For my kids, Easter baskets always came a week early. On Palm Sunday. My mother-in-law sewed adorable outfits, matched them with sweet fancy hats, and

Stuck on the Draft: When You’re Caught in a Holding Pattern

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Ugghh! The draft. Not the football one. Or the one that sends young men to war. But the written one that sits for days, weeks,

Goin’ Fishing–Lessons in Parenting

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Cisco Cotto said it one morning on Moody Radio Chicago: “What if we showed as much patience at home as we do fishing?” I’ll admit,

Remembering Billy Graham