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Bringing Out the Best in Your Marriage
Teresa Tomeo is a well-known Catholic radio and TV personality. She and her husband, Deacon Dominick Pastore, have been speaking together for some time about marriage. Now they have co-authored a book, Intimate Graces: How Practicing the…
What should we tell the kids?
Help your children manage their stress more effectively in these tough times
Savor everyone at the Thanksgiving table
Thanksgiving embodies the idyllic family feast, at least for us here in America. Our literature, movies, television shows, and commercials (!) all pick up the theme: Thanksgiving is for family. Even our statistical data bears this out: 95…
Pray to the saints before mealtime
October is my favorite month. With October comes a distinct change in the air. And after the relentless heat of summer, almost any change in weather — no matter how small — is a welcomed change. Yet it’s more than just the change in…
Celebrating the Day of the Dead
Skulls made of sugar, bread with the shapes of bones baked on top, dancing skeletons — the Day of the Dead is a joyous celebration of loved ones who have passed away
Rowan’s Cranberry Orange Pumpkin Seed Biscotti
1/4 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3 eggs 1 tsp. orange extract and/or orange oil (use both for a deep orange flavor) 2 1/4 cups flour 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries 1/2 cup…
What’s so bad about wanting to be rich?
Q. Whenever we ask our 13-year-old son what he wants to be when he grows up, he says, “All I want to be is rich.” Our son’s fixation on money and materialism bothers us. He never talks about how he’ll achieve his goal of wealth or what…
To teach a child to love
It had been a bacon-and-egg, aster-and-bluebells, children-hanging-on-every-limb kind of Sunday, five stars all around. By 3 p.m., I was comfortably buzzed on sunlight and motherhood, the grass looking a little greener than usual, my mood a…
Fried Brussels Sprouts
6 slices bacon, cut into bite-size pieces 1/2 onion, diced 1 (12 ounce) package fresh brussels sprouts, trimmed and sliced 2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste (optional) salt and ground black pepper to taste Place bacon pieces in a large…
Making the Most of your Empty Nest
Carolyn had sent her daughter, Sally, to college over a month ago. Carolyn used to be busy designing sets for Sally’s school musicals and coordinating her daughter’s teen youth group. But now that Sally was no longer home, Carolyn felt…