A couple of weeks ago (January 11 to be exact), the children took a break from our usual studies and enjoyed a snow day with their dad. They had a delightful time throwing snowballs. I enjoyed watching my family from inside our warm home. Surprisingly, the snow stayed with us for about a week. I…

On December 15, we woke up at 1:00 AM to one of our carbon monoxide monitors beeping. The power had gone out during the night and the battery in the monitor had died. Shortly after waking, we heard a crack and a crash outside. I raised the blind to see what had happened and found…

Our neighborhood looks like a winter wonderland, but earlier tonight that winter wonderland was anything but inviting. As I do every Monday, I took the children to their Catechism classes tonight. After sitting in the parking lot for about 30 minutes with my two youngest sleeping, I heard my phone playing a tune. I answered…