I am the lucky mother of a beautiful, confident and independent daughter. All three of these qualities are problematic, the last two especially. My mother left both of her grandchildren a small legacy. Catherine was in college at the time and decided to spend some of the money on a study abroad ...
Christmas has come and gone, but it’s still a special time of year. As 2025 comes to a close in a few days, many of us will start thinking about resolutions. We often joke about the New Year’s resolutions we make but seldom keep. But making and working toward goals is actually a healthy ...
Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican candidate running to unseat New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, announced she is pulling out of the race and will not seek reelection for her congressional seat, in which she is now serving her sixth term. It's been a rough couple years for Stefanik. After ...
"Let there be light," said the voice opening scripture eons before he cried out, pushed out of his mother's womb. The light bringer brought light into the world in the middle of the dark of night and on the day he died, in the middle of the day, the world went dark. The light left, but returned ...
The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what we have, which includes the kind of society that has made countless blessings possible. The warmth, security and generosity that many Americans experience during the holidays are not accidents or pure gifts of nature. In their tangible sense, ...
On Dec. 11 – two weeks before Christmas – our beloved angel, Katherine Josephine Hauck, returned to her home in heaven. A light went out of the world. Born Feb. 19, 2004, the 21-year-old girl leaves behind grief-stricken parents, Alan and Debbie Hauck, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She ...
