As soon as I was old enough to understand what a family was, I knew that I was grateful for mine. I recognized pretty early on that not every father would sneak his kid out of summer camp for a pep talk and an ice cream cone, and not every mother would drive over to [...]
Today is my birthday and I am up early to celebrate. This year, I plan to make the most of my special day because I understand that birthdays are a privilege and not an unforgiving deadline. It took awhile for me to get here. I had to wade through the sticky angst of middle age, [...]
The first miracle of Monday’s devastating fire at Notre Dame is that the 856-year old structure remains standing. The second is that her precious relics – including the crown of thorns – survived. And the third miracle (because we Catholics like to do things in threes) is that, thanks to the quick response of Parisian [...]
As a Marquette journalism student in 1985, I scored an internship at the Hot Rockin', Flame Thrown' Z95, a radio station located on East Capital Drive in Milwaukee. To get to work, I walked from my college apartment at 1425 West Kilbourn, a route that, as my roommate Terri warned me, took me right through [...]
On Tuesday, I celebrated spring by planting a brand new You Are Beautiful sign in my front lawn. Yesterday, Wisconsin blew it a big, wet kiss. That’s what I choose to believe, anyway. Others may refer to yesterday's unfortunate mix of rain, ice, snow and wind a little differently. I say, you are still beautiful, [...]
