String o' Pearls

Yesterday I got the most wonderful news.  I was informed, via e-mail, that my novel  Finding Grace had been awarded the Catholic Writers Gu...

Just when I thought my life couldn't be more blessed--when all of my girlhood dreams had been fulfilled (i.e., marriage, motherhood, gra...

Yesterday, we took off in the morning from our hotel in Iowa City and stopped--as planned--to have lunch in South Bend with our youngest son...

Yesterday my husband and I--"Papa" and "Gra Gra," that is--had to say good-bye to our darling little granddaughters and ...

No time to blog this morning--Lloyd and Harry have to get on the road.  We're headed back home, after an awesome week-long visit with ou...

Well, sports fans, yesterday was indeed a great day for the Irish!  If you are a Notre Dame fan, or even just a fan of college football in g...

I've always had very fine, very straight hair--and envied those gals who have thick masses of glorious natural curls.  As I get older, m...