Ahhhh… The lesson of slowing down and staying in the moment. After watching several stories about people who have paid huge prices for being distracted or who have found a renewed reason to appreciate time, I had an epiphany.  When I was first burned, several people mentioned to me that th...

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Joshua Dorsette, executive director of The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club, shepherds a couple of youngsters toward their group’s activity. “He’s just like the father of a very large family,” one mother says. It’s a little after 6 p.m. on a Tuesday, and the “thwhack, thwhack” of ba...

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It’s hard to impress a sixteen-year-old boy. And it’s even harder to impress a sixteen-year-old boy with a Sunday homily . But on a recent Sunday, a priest at our parish (we’ll call him “Fr. Joe”) did just that. “Hey, you know that visiting priest, mom?  He was on fire. I...

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The Hubs loves Pistachio’s and one day we were out and about and we came across a diner and they had Pistachio Pie and he loved it.  So I have been wanting to make him one. Here are 2 recipes, one easy on more difficult.......

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