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A woman’s mind is like a teleprompter of to-dos that never stops turning.
Unanswered email, unwritten thank-you’s, unfolded laundry. Tupperware that needs to be washed and returned. Overdue …
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Christina Capecchi
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5/1/13
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100 views
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Last night, while many of my peers tuned into the finale of ABC’s “The Bachelor,” a three-hour event dubbed “historic” by the show’s ratings-minded host, I delved into some real history. …
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Christina Capecchi
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4/3/13
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102 views
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“It was 1415,” my friend corrected her husband over a dinner of wings and beer on that stunning Monday when Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation.
We were discussing, like so many …
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3/7/13
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381 views
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Matthew Bearth was 17 when he set out on an Alaskan cruise that changed the course of his life and led him to the seminary. Today the 20-year-old college junior loves to recount that northern voyage. …
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Christina Capecchi
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2/6/13
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230 views
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Barbara Benson Keith’s wake-up call came while chatting with a fellow kindergarten teacher at the end of a school day.
Her colleague said, “‘I hope in 10 years I’m right here in this …
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Christina Capecchi
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1/9/13
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428 views
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Twenty-five years ago Hallmark introduced a simple device that revolutionized the mechanics of gift giving: a paper bag attached to two handles.
The gift bag freed us from tape and scissors, from …
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Christina Capecchi
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12/5/12
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431 views
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The men had just left morning Mass when they spotted the flames. It was the second Monday of November, and they’d been without electricity since Saturday. Torrential winds had toppled trees and …
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Christina Capecchi
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10/24/12
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440 views
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My dad and brother just returned from a fly-in fishing adventure in the Canadian wilderness — fly in, that is, because their outpost camp could only be accessed by floatplane, the sole cabin on a …
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Christina Capecchi
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10/3/12
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598 views
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The one thing that may be harder than being an Olympian is being the parent of an Olympian. As I watched the London games, I was awed by the athletes and charmed by their parents.
There was …
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Christina Capecchi
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9/5/12
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415 views
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In 1963 my mom was a second-grader at St. Joe’s in West St. Paul, Minn., when Sister Marie Pauline asked her to stay after school. The petite, habited teacher held a lined sheet of paper bearing …
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Christina Capecchi
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8/8/12
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579 views
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