The 1st Prayer, Wine, Chocolate Retreat is less than three weeks away - and I am super excited! The Retreat, which starts at The National Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel and continues after lunch with a wine tour in Bucks County, PA is a unique and awesome way to share faith and fellowship. At this time, the Tastings and Tour bus for the wine tour is sold out. Thank you so much to those who bought … [Read more...] about Prayer, Wine, Chocolate Retreat Update!
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Prayer, Wine, Chocolate: Celebrating One Year of Blogging!
Although I have certainly been praying, drinking wine and eating chocolate for more than a year - it was about one year ago that this website launched and my blogging adventure began! What a truly awesome adventure it has been! Writing has brought me so many amazing blessings - so I want to take this moment to THANK YOU! Thank you for reading what I write! Thank you for sending me prayer … [Read more...] about Prayer, Wine, Chocolate: Celebrating One Year of Blogging!
Rachel’s Abortion Call and Message
Rachel was a full-time student and a serious athlete. She had just been accepted into every nursing school to which she applied and she was very excited to pursue that education and eventually that career. She had also just met and moved in with her boyfriend. Then, Rachel found herself pregnant. The day Rachel found out she was expecting she remembers: shaking, feeling sick, scared and … [Read more...] about Rachel’s Abortion Call and Message
How Keeping it “Old School” May Help Your High School Student Succeed
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my About Me page for more information. Before I became a mother and before I became a blogger . . . I was a teacher. I was a classroom teacher for 14 years. Before that I worked as a camp counselor for young teens and even revamped a leadership camp at the local YMCA. I also coached high school cross country and track. My passion before … [Read more...] about How Keeping it “Old School” May Help Your High School Student Succeed
Remembering 9/11
This article contains affiliate links. Please see my About Me page for more details. It was my first year as a high school teacher, and this rookie was assigned second period study hall. There were so many students rostered study hall that period they all could not fit in a classroom. To solve that problem, study hall was held in the cafeteria. The first day of school I assigned each … [Read more...] about Remembering 9/11
20 Seconds A Day. . .
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy on my About Me page. A commercial for UNICEF USA has a celebrity ask the viewers, "What would you do if there was child right in front of you . . . and all you had to do was give .50 cents a day to save that child's life?" And, rightfully so, viewers are moved to give. I was wondering if I could ask a favor of … [Read more...] about 20 Seconds A Day. . .