Lepanto Haiku
Lepanto anewTowers cruel ashen snowfallPray beads-Peace PromisedLepanto was a battle, fought October 7, 1751 in Lepanto, Greece. It was considered a hopeless cause against the invading Muslim forces. The Christians began to pray the Rosary, and the battle was won.

The State of Underwear
Wife has been my main title for 39 years ...Mommy right behind it for 35 years. It has been difficult to keep the proper balance between the two roles. I guess my advice is to do the best you can, and if you make some mistakes along the way, to look forward and not backward.We recently have had one of our daughters and her husband and 2 yr old living with us..until they found a home to buy. It took 7 months. We were happy to

Trash Into Treasure
My Treasures this incident happened in October 2000....I lost the diamond in my wedding ring..the "big" one. Of course, I don't know when or where. But yesterday, when I was cleaning, I remembered that I stepped on something sharp, I thought it was a piece of glass, picked it out of my toe, and threw it in the trash.Well...today, I dug through the trash sack. Mike had hauled it out to the

Journeys in Alterity: Eulogy for Vivian Marie Cupp
A beautiful story of life and love. Their precious Vivian has touched many lives, and will continue to touch lives. Journeys in Alterity: Eulogy for Vivian Marie CuppThis story reminded me of an incident...When I was pregnant with my 4th child, I had too much amniotic fluid, so extra tests were ordered, special sonograms to see if anything was wrong. I remember the doctor offering us the option of abortion, without ever looking us in the eye. I was in shock. Of course I could not do that. The wait for the sonogram was terrible. I saw the screen, and pictured there was a crystal clear, bla

Was Shakespeare Catholic?
Joseph Pearce believes so and in an interview by Carl Olsen you'll get a great preview of Pearce's book, The Quest for Shakespeare. This was such an informative and interesting interview, that I would really recommend you read it, instead of me trying to re-write. I was impressed by his conversion story, (which you can see here on a video clip), I must say. I just thought I had a rocky road to travel as I became Catholic!Instead, I would like to tell you why I chose to write about Joseph Pearce. First of all, it is in respon