Remember the days before "super size"?Remember when the smallest size coffee you could order was—you won't believe this—a "small"?When was the last time you ate ...

When I was young and na�ve and honestly thought that little girls who could not add or subtract in their heads could grow up to become astronauts, I presented significant sums of allowance to NASA ...

There's something wrong here.It's December, and I am not only jacketless, but wearing shorts. I lived four years in South Bend, Indiana�December is loss of sensation in the lower extremities.The lights started going up here ...

Passing down faith to my two teen and pre-teen kids is tough. Since I'm still figuring out the ropes myself, I'm sometimes limited in what I say or do to help them get charged up ...

Propped up against the wall of my tiny kitchen, absentmindedly chain eating Entenmanns's chocolate chip cookies, I was engrossed in an article from the Catholic Worker about the life of St. ...

Every time I attend a burial, the weather's not good. Rain, cold, mud; the universe seems to provide a climate in tune with the mood of those gathered around the grave.The rain returned this week ...

You know the routine pretty well. Getting ready for Thanksgiving means much planning, shopping for a lot of food, and with me there was the over-achieving ...

Yes, it's official. Freddy's dead. That's what I said. This is the story of how I was painfully notified.I was planning to call my cousin Jim to wish him Happy Birthday. Rather than do something ...

It is November, and I am barreling headlong into the end of the year. But first, I have to make it past the Thanksgiving table.Growing up working-class and Filipino here ...

Winter in Ontario and I couldn't touch my toes. I was plopped on the kitchen floor, legs spread in a 'V' and hands stretched towards my feet. ...