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Finding hope

In the last three days, I read a Chicago magazine story about the things you find if you just keep looking down in Chicago and a Chicago Tribune column by Mary Schmich about a woman who left her purse on the Red Line and had it returned to her. Then my 18-year-old son told me about finding someone’s wallet in a suburban fast-food restaurant parking lot and driving it over to the address listed on the ID.

Playing games

The word “gamer” nowadays conjures up the image of a teenage or 20-something guy, planted in front of a TV or computer monitor, probably in a dark basement, all by himself.

It’s not the years

We had to buy a new car this weekend. Well, a new-to-us car, to replace the one that was totaled in an accident last month.

Spring cleaning

When I was a child, my mother was a big believer in spring cleaning. It wasn’t like the house was ever really a mess; there was a weekly round of dusting, vacuuming, wiping up the bedroom floors, cleaning the bathrooms, etc.

Lost and found

I think I have an appointment with the school lost and found when I pick up Teresa this afternoon. This morning, when she was getting dressed, we couldn’t find her school sweater. Not in her dresser, not on top of her dresser, not in her backpack where she is sure she left it.

On the bandwagon

Remember the glory years of the Blackhawks? Yeah, me too.

Valentine’s Day

No one celebrates Valentine’s Day much as a religious holiday anymore. Most of the time, no one calls it St. Valentine’s Day at all.

Mooning around

Did you catch the super blood wolf moon the other night? We did. Teresa even stayed up late, looking out the window to check on the full moon starting at about 8:30 p.m.

Not by bread alone

It’s been a few years since I considered myself the best baker in our house.

Looking for good siblings

Just as the year came to an end, we celebrated the feast of the Holy Family on Dec. 30. We remember that the church celebrates the feast right after Christmas. After celebrating Christmas, the feast of the Incarnation, when the Son of God became human, we celebrate the next Sunday that the Incarnation happened in an actual historical family.
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