Tag: Effie Caldarola

The book, "We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families," is at once both stunning and horrifying. Searching for...

My husband and I are in the process of moving to the East Coast to be near our daughters and grandchildren. I say "process" because...

Waiting isn't easy, and yet Advent asks of us just that: to wait on the Lord. Sometimes in this busy world, we need some help...

As I head down the hill for my evening walk, a giant full moon looms ahead. A harvest moon, this being a Midwestern October....

Psalm 30 tells us a great deal about morning: "At dusk weeping comes for the night; but at dawn there is rejoicing." Everybody loves a...

When Clem first arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1993, some might have mistaken him for a senior citizen. A Holy Cross priest, Father LeRoy Clementich...

When we first moved to Omaha, Nebraska, 10 years ago, my husband was in a store's parking lot trying to squeeze a purchase for...

Ready for some good news? Who isn't? Just a quick look at headlines during the past few days is sobering. With our first cup of coffee...

When my granddaughter Alice was just months old, she would lie on a blanket, surrounded by a plastic toy structure that had colorful objects...

My friend Sam, 7 years old, lived on a tree-lined street in an old neighborhood. One day, when out playing, Sam (name changed to protect...