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Wrapping ‘Summer Love’ into a New School Year
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Wrapping ‘Summer Love’ into a New School Year

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by on Aug 27, 2013 in Education, Featured, Travel
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I’ll admit it’s work, but I love it. I love camping…. the dust clouds and the cicadas’ rhythmic swell and the  sun leaking into  the thin tent nylon in the early morning, insistent. Our rusty old  camp grill and the Coleman  torch that scatters just a bit of an ethereal Hey-summer-we-survived-this-year’s-algebra-and-ancient-history-and-disappointments-and-triumphs-and-we’re-back-to-settle-in-your-scheduleless -rustic-August glow. The whispers […]

Spoiled Children are Spoiling the Summer
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Spoiled Children are Spoiling the Summer

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by on Jul 26, 2013 in Columnists, Featured, Parenting
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Q. It’s the dog days of summer and I’m out of ideas to entertain my kids. For the past week, I feel like all I do is open my wallet and shell out more money to keep them from complaining. They are bored and plugged into electronics all day. My suggestions for things to do […]

Summer Camp: Exploring New Passions
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Summer Camp: Exploring New Passions

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by on Jun 28, 2013 in Featured, Parenting
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At some point between the ages of 5 and 12 most children find a passion.  It may be a vocational kind of passion like an animal-lover on the path to veterinary medicine, or an avocation like a softball player who one day applies that determination to passing the Bar Exam.  At this tender age, it’s […]

Summertime and Lemonade
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Summertime and Lemonade

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by on Aug 01, 2012 in Featured, Parenting
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Finding the right balance for a refreshing summer vacation for your kids Summer with kids is like lemonade.  It’s all about balance. Too much sugar?   Not enough lemon?  It’s ruined.  But when properly balanced, it’s a lovely beverage of sweet and sour contrasts and it’s special.  That’s how a kid’s summer should be, special. The […]

Popsicles, Patience, and Prayer
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Popsicles, Patience, and Prayer

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by on Jul 02, 2012 in Featured, Parenting
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This is the first summer I’ve had in my Mom Life where it’s not just another season, regulated with hotter temperatures and a reading program at the library. My oldest, you see, has just finished first grade. She’s home for the summer. Which is great. It has also made me really consider how much more she needs me […]

Avoiding a Boring Summer
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Avoiding a Boring Summer

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by on Jun 25, 2012 in Dating & Singles, Featured, Live in Christ
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Saint Josemaria Escriva relentlessly telling it like it is: If you say that you want to imitate Christ… and yet have time on your hands, then you are on the road to lukewarmness. (The Forge, 701) The first time I read that it really stung.  It stung so bad that I printed it out and […]

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A Time For Daydreams

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by on Jun 20, 2012 in Featured, Parenting
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This week, summer is upon us. It is a time to relax and take life at a bit slower pace. Most children are out of school at this point and eager to have some fun. That fun can take many forms, including camps, or family vacations, or simply playing outside, reading a book, swimming in […]

Summer Solace
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Summer Solace

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by on Aug 17, 2011 in Columnists, Featured, Women
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It happens every year:  after weeks and weeks of summer break, there are times when I just can’t take one more minute of family “togetherness.”  The bickering.  The teasing.  The incessant need to be entertained.  Sometimes I let the kids out of the car at the bottom of the 500-foot driveway and make them run […]