Tag: "summer vacation"

Well Met
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Well Met

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Have you ever wondered how many people you’ll meet in your lifetime?  I was on a road trip with my wife and kids last week and we stopped at the Worlds’ Loneliest McDonald’s.  I’ve also been to what local urban legend reputes to be The World’s Busiest McDonalds.  It stands all alone amid the never […]

Impressing the Boss
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Impressing the Boss

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Our family didn’t make it to an amusement park this summer, but when I was a kid, summer always meant two things: a trip to King’s Island and a new pair of shoes.  My dad’s company had a company picnic every year in June, and from the time I was about 6, that picnic took […]

No Vacation from Sunday Mass
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No Vacation from Sunday Mass

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When I was a young seminarian, the rector, before dismissing us for our summer break, would admonish us: remember, guys, there’s no vacation from a vocation. This was certainly wise advice — we were after all still seminarians even when away from the structured environment of the seminary with its fixed times for prayer and […]