I can now zoom through razor-thin lanes and not even hold my breath as I pass cars.  I can understand the basic gist of most conversations and news reports on the radio.  I already alerted our landlord that we will want the heat turned on soon, since I know it takes 2 weeks to get…

 Sebastian is learning to read now that he’s in first grade–and it’a all in Italian. His little primer is about a baby bird, Pitti, and his mother. The first page says:       Ciao Mamma      La mamma è buona That’s it! That’s the first page that Sebastian has ever read in Italian. He…

 My husband has been traveling for 10 days with the University of Dallas through southern Italy and Sicily. While he was giving sight lectures at historical and holy sights, I was wrangling 4 kids at home. Our fifth who still lives at home was on a trip in Texas–lucky girl!–and our sixth is in college….