by Barbara | Jul 31, 2017
Yesterday I got the flu. I tried to ignore it, but like a thunderstorm, flus do not go away just because you ignore them, they actually pick up intensity. Last night I could no longer hold that storm at bay so I crashed in the way of taking to my bed. Thunderous...
by Barbara | Nov 22, 2015
As I proceed with my recovery I am currently seeking relief through therapeutic massage. Don't be confused with the massage word meaning I am in bliss, and total relaxation. That I am not. No, therapeutic massage is something quite different indeed. If you have...
by Barbara | Oct 9, 2014
Watching the rhythmic ocean waves hit the shoreline can be calming and I've found reassuring as well. It makes me think about the constancy of God's love for each of us. It is always reaching out for us, consistently, gently. Always beckoning and inviting us that we...
by Barbara | Apr 8, 2014
Exciting news permeates the air as two of our sons posed the question of life-long commitment, and never ending love to their girlfriends. Both said yes and so the fun and planning begins. I love how our family is growing. The amazing gift of observing them as they...
by Barbara | Mar 3, 2014
Yes, it surprises me too-it is March already. Seriously, it was just Halloween last week. After hitting the double nickel in December I swear that time has just been accelerated by 55%. Even the people half my age are commenting on how fast this year has gone. What...
by Barbara | Dec 13, 2013
"Jesus, takes the initiative to meet man through his Mother." (Msgr. Sanchez) As I continue to read, ponder and reflect on the role of the Virgin Mary, I come to love her and honor her all the more. Her fiat was a blank check paid for in tears and with immense love....
by Barbara | Jul 13, 2013
In my previous article (Marriage Changes People) I outlined a hypothetical and all too common scenario observed among young couples today. Decisions made early in their relationship can have an impact on their future marriage. How can we effectively help our young...
by Barbara | Sep 18, 2012
It has happened to all of us...more than once. More times than I can calculate. We think we are helping, but sometimes we are not...and a big 'ol ugly mess ensues. Hurt feelings, lost tempers, words that cannot be taken back. They are out there in the oxygen floating...
by Barbara | Sep 10, 2012
By Barbara Lishko "Where did all the time go" we often comment as we wonder out loud. I might say the same thing as I look at my dusty, neglected, first attempt at blogging and my sadly forgotten writing. What's the deal? How could so much time pass by without as much...
by Barbara | Aug 28, 2011
I often recall when I come upon certain situations a statement my father used to say all the time when we were growing up: something, something blah blah blah"...were you born in a barn?" You could actually add any statement to proceed the infamous born in a barn...
by Barbara | Jul 16, 2011
I set up a tour of St Mary's Basilica today with our some of our teens. Gordon the Choir Director a wonderfully knowledgeable young man who hails from Scotland, presented the history of the Basilica with such passion and joy it was hard not to be interested. The...
by Barbara | Jul 4, 2011
Today is not supposed to be only about picnics and fireworks. Today we really need to look back and ponder the immense sacrifice that others gave so that we CAN have picnics and fireworks and FREEDOM. I know a young man who is in the Marine bootcamp right now, he was...
by Barbara | Jun 13, 2011
Successful brain surgery, praise God and the abundance of prayers that flooded heaven. I am adjusting to life without hearing on my left side...it will take some getting used to. As I lay on my right side to sleep.... I won't even hear the angel's approaching to kiss...
by Barbara | May 23, 2011
"[Jesus] consented to empty Himself and become the hardest thing in the universe...a mortal human being...to enter our daily lives. God walks among us, is so simple we refuse to believe it; it fulfills our deepest yearning and binds us to what has actually been...
by Barbara | May 7, 2011
"Mother" a word that strikes all kinds of emotion in a soul. Tenderness, affection, fear, patience, laughter...and unconditional love. Moms come in all shapes and sizes and don't always have to have children of their own. All women are called to motherhood and I want...
by Barbara | Mar 16, 2011
So I am praying about this new challenge in my life to hear or not to hear that is the question. Surgery or radiation on my ear to reduce or remove a tumor growing at the base of my brain where my ear and brain meet. Good news...no cancer, bad news no hearing with...