Faith and Family
Let’s Reclaim Our Creativity
When I was younger, people thought my creativity was cute. As I grew up, it started to become a liability.
Faith and Family: Where Technology and Humanity Meet
As a proud member of Gen X, I can remember life both before and after the boom of the Internet.
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Faith and Family: A Parental Gut Check
So many firsts and lasts flying at you can elicit a lot of emotions and reflection. It certainly has for me.
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Faith and Family: Lessons from the Road
Hanging in our house is a large corkboard map of the United States. On the board are various pins placed on locations across the country, each one marking a place to which we have traveled.
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A Racial Reality Check
FULL DISCLOSURE: I am a middle-aged, White woman who lives in a predominantly White area. I am privileged in ways that I probably don’t even comprehend. As a mom, I have never had to have “the talk” with my son ...
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Music is Prayer
Music was always around during my childhood. From hymns sung at Mass to my parents’ cassette tape collection of early rock and roll hits to piano lessons, there was no shortage of access to music for my four older brothers ...
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A Teenage Take on Stereotypes
When I was asked to write something about stereotypes, I wondered what I would have to say. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that teenagers know a lot about stereotypes. Not only are we often ...
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