In Honor of My Mom
I’m finding it hard to fathom that my mom has been gone from this earth for 10 years. My life is so different than it was 10 years ago. It’s hard to remember the feeling of what life was like Read More
Life in Abundance Christmas Reflection
I was hiking during my monthly retreat and thinking of my friend who had gotten into bird watching. The birds that appeared to her even helped her answer life’s questions when she looked up the symbolism. I was lost in Read More
Grief, My Teacher
I’m no expert on grief. Nor have I experienced the kind of trauma that makes a person wonder how anyone could even survive and come out the other side. However, minimizing pain is an all too common and unhealthy practice Read More
Lean on Me
I returned recently to the summer camp where I spent a decade of my life having the best job in the world. My parents became the caretakers and so, even after I stopped working, I still got to, literally, return Read More
The Cost of Protection
There is a darkness in our world that I have been very fortunate to mostly avoid. SaintMother Teresa said, “if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten we belong toeach other.” I have always experienced being the Read More
Happily Ever After
“I feel like I am a braver person after reading these books,” my good friend said to me in reference to a children’s series that I read to my kids and loved just as much, if not more, as they Read More
Viva El Papa!
I will admit I usually don’t understand the outpouring of mourning that follows the passing of a celebrity. I feel a bit confused and tend to want to say, “but you didn’t even know them.” However, the passing of Pope Read More
Kids These Days
I have been worried about the younger generations for a while. I have monitored and observed their mental health statistics with greater and greater alarm. We’re all pretty de-sensitized to alarming news. Since we are told everything is a crisis Read More
A Reflection and a Speech for Con-solatio
Here is a reflection I wrote about attending a Con-solatio family reunion: Home. Just the word conjures up an ache in my heart. I lived in one home my entire childhood and it was a blessed place. I was homesick Read More
It Started with a Letter
So, “it has been a hell of a year,” I’ve said more than a few times, but as I contemplate this year, I realize that’s not a very fair description. In fact, it would be more appropriate to call it Read More