The Month of Love: Is Racial Unity Even Possible? with Ben Sciacca

Imagine working in Chicago’s infamous Cook County juvie jail. Additionally, try to imagine the bitterness on both sides of the bars. You gotta wonder if racial unity is even possible. Could a young white male make a difference? Naturally, some folks might label Ben...

Romance Relief: Cheap and Easy Gals’ Night Out

February is the month of love. But it’s a time of year when we may all need a little romance relief. In honor of love I am wearing Mom’s 1940s heart charm bracelet (pictured left), newly inherited and therefore a little sad. Each unique heart has the name...

Are You Listening Out There?

We all wonder sometimes: Are you listening out there? Something was troubling this beautiful, successful woman. I looked deeply into her eyes to read her heart. If only I could read her mind! “I had the same thing. You know. What you just said,” she finally stammered....

Not Caucasian, Thankfully “Other” By Cathy Krafve

It’s crazy the stuff we’re thankful for as we age. Getting out of bed. Waking up at all. Coffee. Being able to swallow. Being able to feed myself. Being in my right mind. Well, mostly right. Thankfully Blessed “You woke me up this morning and You started me on my way....

Raccoon Honey Bandit: No Fear Parenting

There’s a raccoon honey bandit that routinely shows up on the tree outside my front door. He simply makes himself at home, as if the honey bees present no threat at all. If only parenting were that easy. Like swarming bees, one of the biggest challenges to...

Depressing Marriage? 3 Quick Ways to Beat Marital Blues by Cathy Krafve

Depressing Marriage? Here are 3 quick ways to beat the marital blues. You can spark things up in your heart and marriage before the sun sets.  Marriage can be downright depressing. Maybe some people come to marriage with the skills I took a life time to acquire, but I...