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January Observations by Carol S. Bannon

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Jan 27th, 2010 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

January is here, and I am pondering this past holiday season.   Although I do have some regrets about how December morphed once again into a cyclone of self-inflicted stress and anxiety, my family found ways to counter my frustrations.  



Nativity Gifts by Carol S. Bannon

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Dec 23rd, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

Christmas 2009 can be the year your family restocks Christ’s manager… literally.  Sheep, cows, and other animals were good enough to surround our Lord on his birth



My Husband’s Christmas Gifts by Carol S. Bannon

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Nov 25th, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

Most families have fallback plans for surviving the often-chaotic days and excessive spending of December.  In mine, it is shopping for the perfect “one size fits all, end of the aisle” family Christmas gift. 



Loving the Change by Carol S. Bannon

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

I am a morphed mom.  I am free!



A Mother, a Son, and a Fried Hard Drive by Carol S. Bannon

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

My youngest son witnessed a side of his mother no child should ever have to see.  Especially from a mother who prides herself on setting a good example to her family



My Child Gave Me the Pink Slip by Carol S. Bannon

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Aug 26th, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

I have been pink-slipped.  



Finding Christ in the Temple by Carol S. Bannon

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Jul 23rd, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

Everyone has favorite Bible passages, ones they turn to over and over again in their quest to be more Christ like. 



Treasuring the Goodbye Years

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

Sunday evening, 7:30 pm, was always the designated time to leave my parent’s Cape Cod cottage to return home. 



How Big Is Your Casket?

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • May 27th, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

Leave it to my husband to get to the heart of an issue. He doesn’t mean to be rude, irreverent, or for that matter, simplistic in his thinking.



Breaking Our Lenten Fast with Blessed Food

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Apr 22nd, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon, Columnists

The custom of blessing food at Easter has been around for centuries, and across the United States many parishes are once again celebrating Resurrection Sunday with this rite.



The Oops Factor

By Carol Sbordon Bannon • Mar 23rd, 2009 • Category: Carol S. Bannon

Young children believe.  They ask all kinds of questions, and being young, accept every answer a parent gives as gospel-truth.  “Why do the trees change color Mommy?”