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Founded locally, Christian Family Movement celebrates 75 years

For 75 years, Catholic families in the Archdiocese of Chicago have been gathering to build the bonds of friendship and community, to deepen their faith and to make the world a better place as part of the Christian Family Movement.

Perchance to dream

Sleep gets a bad rap. People who sleep a lot are seen as lazy, not on the ball, not willing or able to work hard. Even in the Gospels, we get the sleeping bridesmaids not ready for the groom’s arrival, and then the sleeping disciples in the garden of Gethsemane.

Remember, remember

What’s your favorite memory aid? Do you have a paper calendar on the kitchen wall, maybe one from your parish with a funeral home ad on the bottom?

Back to school

When I was a child, back-to-school was one of my favorite times of the year. So was getting out of school for the summer — I wasn’t that unusual — but something about getting new notebooks and pens, getting to pick out folders with cute or cool pictures on them, to go with new crayons, erasers, paper and glue made me happy. New school supplies just had a different smell than the old, used up grubby ones.

Too many leftovers

The feeding of the multitude has always been one of my favorite Gospel readings. It’s a familiar story, the only miracle aside from the Resurrection that is included in all four Gospels, with, of course, some variations.

Just a lick of paint

Painting is fun. Just ask Tom Sawyer, who relieved all the neighborhood boys of their treasures for a chance to whitewash his Aunt Polly’s fence.

Rainy days

I want to like rainy days. I want to enjoy the patter of drops on the roof, or even better on the leaves outside while sitting on the porch and watching the water fall from the sky.

Better things

Our youngest child graduated from eight grade this year. She has the distinction of being the only one of our three who attended the same elementary school from her first day of pre-K until she walked out, diploma in hand.

Feeding the multitudes

We’ve been having the siding on our house replaced over the past week, and it’s not done yet. Apologies to our neighbors for the noise, but what the company estimated to be a three-day job will be entering day 7 tomorrow, with a crew of usually six men arriving shortly after 8 a.m. and working until about 4 p.m., measuring, cutting and installing materials.

God knows

Did you ever have a day where you had everything lined up just right? Kids up and out the door on schedule, dog walked, breakfast eaten, lunch packed? A busy schedule, but one with enough time to get from point A to point B, and maybe a little extra to stop for the pick-up order at Target? Great, right?
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