Life and Times of...

Today was an early morning. It is a long drive to the border so we had to get a jump on it. Our plan was to fill some of the Humane Borders ...

Lois sharing her experience Monday we crossed the border. Tuesday the border crossed us. We started the morning with a meeting with s...

The Wall This morning we left at 6AM... we ate quick and headed down the highway across the Sonoran desert to Nogales Mexico. The cold c...

Airport Cactus Selfie I arrived in Tucson on Saturday with a group of from the University of Notre Dame. Most of the group is ND faculty...

I think 2015 was the year of lessons. My last blog was about what I learned from Novali joining the cross country team. I still reflect and ...

Go Eagles! This fall Novali had her first season of cross country. She always liked to run with me, I think mostly because the runs are ...

Well today it is two years... two years since I became a full time employee of La Casa de Amistad. I technically started in mid August par...

This week was hectic for the South Bend Centellas clan... both Cruz and Novali started new schools. Novali into High School and Cruz into a ...

Today D and I have been married for six years. We've been together for over ten years, so this milestone while fun it is one of many, an...

Broken window... Last week the Jetta window went off track... and I popped it back in and I thought it was fine. Well Sunday night late ...

Well today my morning routine was different... I went to work alone and it felt weird. September 2014 For the past 9 months part of my...

We always make comments about how big Mari has gotten, or how fast she is growing. Well on Wednesday morning Cruz made the comment when she ...

Yesterday I heard one of my favorite community leaders give some awesome advice, and today came the news that a great community leader passe...

Well I have blogged before about the fact that I don't make New Year's Resolutions ( New Years Resolve ). I have always used the t...

Last week, Cruz's "Yo Puedo Leer" Preschool class at La Casa had their holiday party. It was a fun time with the families of ...

I have slacked on my blogging but lately I have been frustrated with the lack of community and civic engagement in my city. This week I got ...

At Bill's with Greg Tonight (11/18/2014) I have the honor, and pleasure of attending a special dinner here in South Bend. At the Cen...

I posted about this already... but wanted to write a little more before I move onto my next topic. I wrote below about how the perceptions p...

All the talk about Ferguson, and who did what, and who was wrong, and what should happen, and everyone writting in CAPS and posting propagan...

So on Friday there was breaking news in South Bend, all TV channels and shows here were interrupted... Fire at Jefferson Street Apartments a...