Search Results family Faith • Family May 5, 2024 Four Generations of Service On Earth as in Heaven, Right here in my heart I held her worn, yet wiry hand. Minutes earlier, her great-granddaughter Emma had been crowned the May Day queen. Although […] Full Article Health • Nature • Parenting Dec 11, 2023 On the Trail With My Kids – A River to River Summary It was almost four years ago on December 23, 2019 that my four oldest kids, Zach, Emma, Matthew, Noah, and I, took off on an unseasonably warm day with a […] Full Article Family • Health Jun 10, 2023 Their Spirit Lives On I stepped outside on a cool, calm Thursday evening. Days removed from the busyness of the prior weekend, I sat down with a couple of books, and pulled a thin […] Full Article Family Oct 13, 2022 A River Runs Between Us “It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.” – Norman Maclean I was sitting on the couch in our family room, and it was […] Full Article Faith • Family Feb 21, 2022 Catholic Life & Family: Are We Missing Something? Recently, my wife and I received the local Office of Family and Life e-newsletter through the diocese. As often is the case, it is full of interesting articles, resources, and […] Full Article Faith Sep 15, 2020 For Better, Or For the Better For Better, or for the Better Matthew Battiato stood pensively in front of the large congregation at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. As the familiar song started playing and the people […] Full Article Family • Health May 8, 2020 The Scourge of Suicide A few months ago, I got the news that an extended family member had died by suicide. As someone whose family had been blessed to not experience this during my […] Full Article Parenting May 8, 2020 The Extraordinary Gift of a Stay-At-Home Mother It is 12:30 on a Tuesday afternoon. Our 8-month-old, Kate, has just awoken early from her nap after being unintentionally aroused by her 8-year-old brother, Will, who was determined to […] Full Article Health • Nature May 8, 2020 Players Needed It was a hot, steamy Friday evening. Two hours earlier, I had received an email at work from my oldest son, Zach. The message read as follows: Hey dad, This […] Full Article Family • Health May 8, 2020 Avenues of Memories and Dreams Brandon Schafer was two years old when his family moved to 1308 South Grand Avenue, just a couple of blocks from Akin Park. Most of his formative years would be […] Full Article More Articles All Articles