For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us.

Each day is a precious gift to be savored and used, not left unopened and hoarded for a future that may never come.

Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

Even if you have nothing in your wallet, nothing can keep you from having a great summer. You can listen to crickets sing you to sleep, trace the Big Dipper, breathe in the stars, run through a sprinkler, host a cartwheel contest in the front yard.

Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

The idea of being stuck in a plane with dozens of people chatting over each other on their phones might feel like Dante's 10th circle of hell.