Who Doesn’t Remember Their First Job? Each of us, I think, has memories of our first job etched in our brains. How could we not? We were young, held accountable to someone other than our parents, punctuality was actually enforced, and we made some money that was all ours! Maureen has memories of working at…

Absolutely hate them! Never enjoyed them even when I was young but somehow each Christmas we’d have a couple of them under the tree. We’d be respectfully polite for the “thoughtful” gift but quickly moved on to other presents with more bells and whistles. Puzzles…500 little pieces of cardboard that all looked alike but were…

There are many celebrations in life and, for the most part, we all celebrate them the same. There are the baptisms, birthdays, first communions, bar/bat mitzvahs, confirmations, weddings, etc. There are many more to fill in the gaps and they range from the impromptu casual get-togethers to the more formal. Birthdays, though, seem to crop…

During Holy Week, leading up to Easter Sunday, our family tries to make extra efforts to pray more together and to attend Mass and prayer services at our church. I found time to break away the evening of Holy Thursday to go to our chapel for a prayer service. It was very quiet and solemn…

How many times have you heard, “You’ll never forget your first?”  Usually some sarcastic or witty remark follows but many times you dothink of the many firsts you’ve experienced.  Your first bike and car, your first time over the Cape Cod bridge, your first kiss of course, etc.  Life is full of many wonderful firsts….