Michelle Martin

June 19, 2019

Dads and grads

Nothing like a cool, rainy weekend to foster family togetherness. That’s what we got this weekend, as we celebrated Father’s Day five days after Frank’s graduation from high school.

June 05, 2019

Trimming the bushes

When we started trimming, the front bushes were overgrown, their leafy branches encroaching on the sidewalk and obscuring the windows.

May 22, 2019

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.

May 08, 2019

You’re welcome

When was the last time you felt welcomed — really welcomed — at church? At your parish or elsewhere? Or look at it the other way: When was the last time you felt unwelcome? Like an interloper, or like your presence was an inconvenience?

April 24, 2019

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.

April 10, 2019

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.

March 20, 2019

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.

March 07, 2019

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.

February 20, 2019

On the bandwagon

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

February 06, 2019

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.
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