One of our family Christmas traditions is to bring our sons to a Hallmark store to chose an ornament every year. Hallmark ornaments are beautiful and also a bit pricey. Luckily I found a very...
When I was in high school, I probably could not have told you the homily (sermon) given by a priest 30 minutes after mass ended.
However, I remember one given at the beginning of Advent...
Last week we took the boys to the happiest place on earth, Disney World! It was an especially exciting trip because we decided to surprise our oldest son. We waited until just before the 3hr drive...
A great way to start off the holiday season is to bring your family out to the TowneBank Holiday Parade this Saturday December 1st. The parade begins at 5:30 pm and will travel North along...
So we have arrived at December, generally a great time of year to be a kid. Unless the inevitable wave of upcoming stories about "doomsday" -- Dec. 21, 2012 -- start to really freak...
Last night, I attended a meeting for Chesapeake students interested in applying to the city's high school academies, schools within schools of sorts which offer special courses of study.
My...
For all the planning that went into my family's Thanksgiving travels this year -- we squeezed in visits to relatives on both sides of our family -- one of my kids' favorite moments turned out to...
For all the planning that went into my family's Thanksgiving travels this year -- we squeezed in visits to relatives on both sides of our family -- one of my kids' favorite moments turned out...
This week, many a parent will be trapped in the inevitable Thanksgiving traffic -- and trapped in a car with hyper children. So how to preserve everyone's sanity, at least to some extent?
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I have never been known not to speak up. In fact I sometimes joke with my husband that my goal in life is to be shy and unassuming. I am approaching my 49th birthday and so far I have a long way...
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