by Anita DiGregory “A Tribute to Horrible, Awful, No Good, Very Bad Years” Have you ever had one of those years when you literally could not wait for the clock to strike midnight, the ball to drop, and the year to be officially over? Well, 2019 has unmistakably been one of those years for me.…

“Helping Our Children Cope in Times of Trouble” by Anita DiGregory To say that I am not a media news person would be an understatement.  My family and I actually avoid it like the plague. Being a communications media graduate, I guess that may seem to be a somewhat ironic fact.  However, with its incessant…

“March Madness” I am pretty sure that “March Madness” means something different to some moms than it does to some dads. “In like a lion, out like a lamb,” March is generally that month when the plagues of winter—snow, frigid temperatures, endless sicknesses—start to recede. With the melting snow, the reintroduction of the sun, and…

Anita DiGregory Have you recently fallen in love?  Are you newly engaged and planning a wedding? Did you recently get married? If so, Mount Saint Mary’s graduate and author Stephanie Calis has some practical and spiritual advice for you. On February 11, in honor of St. Valentine’s Day and the observances of National Marriage Week…

A New Chapter by Anita DiGregory It’s a beautiful Saturday morning here in the area I am blessed to call home. The sun is shining. The sound of my children playing in the distance is ringing in the air. But instead of enjoying the day out with the family, I am sitting at the kitchen…