Every Day Is A Bonus
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Here’s a sweet video apt for the observance of Veteran’s Day today.
It’s about “Honor Flight,” a program which flies elderly or terminally ill veterans to see the war memorials in Washington, DC.
Thanks to all you who have served and are serving! We prayed for you today.
Still Country For Old Men
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, November 04, 2008
That’s an act of heroism you’re seeing in the photo at left.
In Southwest London, two young men in face masks took sledgehammers to a jewelry store in broad daylight.
Though there were 50 or so people witnessing this, only this senior citizen intervened. It’s a great story.
the brave gentleman, one of 50 shoppers in the immediate area, decided enough was enough and walked forward, struggling with... READ MORE
A Life Well Lived
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, September 19, 2008
Socrates held we could hold no man to be happy until we saw the totality of his life.
On that count, let me introduce you to a happy man from my neck of the woods: Thomas Vander Woude.
Perhaps you have read at another blog or in this wonderful story in the Washington Post about this Catholic father’s death while saving his youngest son.
But you may not know his lifetime record of deeds like these:... READ MORE
Where Do Heroes Come From?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Monday, August 11, 2008
With the first edition of Says You (About Bullies)—and Danielle’s follow-up—under our belts, I want to push the discussion of how we train our kids to react to danger a little bit further.
I think the movie Titanic is one of the most pernicious films ever made (bear with me, I’m building to a point). One of the pastors at our parish dubbed it “Sex On A Boat” and suggested when the Leo DiCaprio character... READ MORE
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