May is Anencephaly Awareness Month. In our family, we are now intimately aware of anencephaly, but we weren’t always.
I had heard of anencephaly, but this s... Read More ...
I want to know what to expect. When I am in the hospital with my child, it means a lot to me to know, as soon as possible, if we will stay three days or one we... Read More ...
Of all the treasures in Kendra Tierney’s book The Catholic All Year Compendium: Liturgical Living for Real Life, I keep coming back to these words from the int... Read More ...
Let me tell you the story of three women, Yvette, Sarah, and Rose. All have been impacted by the scandals plaguing the Catholic Church. All in different ways ar... Read More ...
I zoomed out on Google Maps, pointing to the green mountain ranges as my children stared, wide-eyed. Click again…again…and again. I had no idea those satellite ... Read More ...
Analog is dead. Digital is the future.
Or so we were told, David Sax explains in The Revenge of Analog (2016). I put my Canon Rebel DSR (film) camera on cons... Read More ...
An Imaginary Conversation About Mindfulness
Editor's Note: The events depicted below are fictitious. Direct quotes are represented in italics and come from The... Read More ...
“It seems like during Lent, it’s one thing after another,” she said we waited for our daughters to finish their ballet class.
“Yeah…” I murmured. I could go ... Read More ...
It’s been two and a half years since a prenatal diagnosis began our medical journey. I have a list of words that make my blood turn cold: fever, infection, PICU... Read More ...
One day my college psychology professor passed out a questionnaire with ten questions on it to evaluate for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). If you answered... Read More ...
Occasionally, this time of year, I turn on the radio for nonstop Christmas music. I heard a song that begins with the words, “Where are you, Christmas?” The son... Read More ...
You’ve planned a maple glazed turkey, bourbon gravy, and a green bean casserole from Williams-Sonoma. The Pinterest-perfect table setting is set with place card... Read More ...
Kathryn Anne Casey is a graduate of Divine Mercy University, certified life coach, freelance writer, housewife and mother of four children. Her weekly newspaper column "Here's to the Good Life!" and blog, www.KathrynAnneCasey.com, focus on art, psychology, consumerism and the importance of local community.
