The Family Mom Built

Mom never stops
being your mother

As we leave the old and begin the new, please, let's remember what's important. Little things. Like when the family’s basic pattern started with breakfast?

Mom set breakfast on the table for her children. She smiled as happy faces spooned cereal and grabbed the jelly to spread on their toast.

She’d remind  her “chicks” to come straight home from school. “Don’t talk to strangers,” she’d repeat like she did so many other times. Some mom's might add, "don't spit on the sidewalk, don't smoke , don't drink, be polite and above all "always love each other." That’s a simple snapshot of morning in an all America home.

Mom’s kitchen moves at a more hustle-bustle pace these days. The family may or may not share the breakfast table at all. It often feels as if every pair of feet in the kitchen hurry in a different direction.

Little Johnny has a half eaten piece of toasted bread hanging out of the side of his mouth.  Susie looks for her paper bag lunch.  The baby sits in his highchair with a happy face smeared with breakfast. No one realizes that they are all living a "happy family memory" that will stay with them until the day they die. Don't ever forget what makes living life good and safe.

Catholicism: Ten Commandments

The Catholic Ten Commandments are a description of the basic freedom from sin that is necessary to live as a Christian.

Jesus refers to the Ten Commandments and assures their validity in his dialog with the rich young man in Matthew's Gospel (Mt 19:16-21).

The "Ten" must be understood in relation to the "law of love": Love of God and love of neighbor summarize all of Catholic morality. The law of love is also the first principle & source of the moral law. It contains "all the law and the prophets" (Mt 22:40).

Catholicism: Beatitudes

The Beatitudes, found in the Gospel of Matthew (5:3-12), are a set of teachings delivered by Jesus Christ during the Sermon on the Mount.

These verses outline a series of blessings highlighting the qualities and attitudes valued in Heaven.

"Beatitudes" is derived from the Latin word "beatus," meaning blessed or happy.

Each Beatitude begins with "Blessed are," followed by describing a specific virtue or circumstance that leads to divine favor.

Something Different: Stuffed Peppers with Creame Burilee

Smooth and creamy Crème brûlée finishes your savory stuffed roasted bell peppers.

Crème brûlée, also known as burnt cream, is a rich custard topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel served at room temperature.

The custard is flavored with vanilla, but can also be flavored with lemon or orange, rosemary, lavender, chocolate, Amaretto, Grand Marnier, cinnamon, coffee, liqueurs, gree