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December 2021

December 09, 2021

Small Success Thursday Post

So yesterday, we celebrated the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. In light of a mid...

December 06, 2021

Second Week of Advent…Now What?

The second week of Advent is when my sixth child received his name. We'd gone...

November 2021

November 29, 2021

The Lie of the Incurable Nature of Us

In the parking lot after the first Sunday of Advent, my teen saw a car...

November 25, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving…

One of the joys of Chemo is the unpredictability of sleep. I both need tons...

November 19, 2021

I Can’t Act Like I’ve Been There

Grace and gracefulness never guaranteed... Back in high school, I danced. Eventually, either the teachers...

November 16, 2021

The Big Question Series

"How can heaven be paradise if some people will be divided from their loved ones?...

November 15, 2021

The Messiness of Life

I crave approval and attention. Additionally, I want to be thought of as smart. I...

November 11, 2021

The Invisible Nature of Witness

Why I ordered new pants today... So I called my mom today and we visited. ...

November 08, 2021

The Weight of a Millstone

We hear the Gospels but we've heard them so often, sometimes we've lost our imaginative...

November 06, 2021

Going to the Well, Admitting I’m Thirsty

The problem with being a writer is, you have your past words to remind you...

November 05, 2021

Everything is Available Now, Nothing is Available Later

INSERT PICTURE OF ANNOYING SALES PERSON SAYING BUY NOW OR RUIN ALL HOLIDAYS FOREVER WITH...

November 02, 2021

Today is the First Day

It's hard to know what to call this person I know who died today. He's...

October 2021

October 29, 2021

Over at the Register Today

Discussing the Joyful Mysteries connection to something of life, other than just happiness, something that...

October 29, 2021

So I Started This Morning a Beautiful Poetic Post About…

How we are the both ands, not either We are to love God first,...

October 26, 2021

Silent Shouting Witness

Recently, I served as a substitute teacher for an American Sign Language class to help...

October 24, 2021

Put Down the Rocks!

I'm thinking, we need a do-over of the Year of Mercy. Because the last one...

October 20, 2021

For What We Were Made

We were made for love, not use. This first reality of our being, is the...

October 20, 2021

Food How I Hate You, Let’s Eat

So I've been through three rounds of chemotherapy, I've lost my hair and now we...

October 19, 2021

A House Divided

For the past few years, I've written a baseball poem about watching the playoffs or...

October 14, 2021

Making the World More Welcoming

This is something I wrote back in 2015...because I know that all life is precious. ...

October 08, 2021

Spirograph Brave

Back when I was five or six, Mom took me for a necessary vaccination. I...

October 03, 2021

How to Make Sure You’re Living

Recently, I read a post on Zombie Marriages, and reminding people not to go through...

October 02, 2021

How to Know if You’ve Forgotten Something

Most mornings, I make a list. If it's on the list, there's a 85 percent...

September 2021

September 30, 2021

Retro Saturday: Having a Youtube Moment, and How Not To…

This was written back on January 4th of 2008. First, a disclaimer: I don't watch...

September 24, 2021

This is something I wrote back in 2015 on Facebook. I was focusing on the...

September 20, 2021

Journey on the Flat Road

The major consequence of chemo so far has been flatness. I wish it meant fitness...

September 18, 2021

Following up on Past Post…

Most of us feel something of an indictment whenever Saint James is read during the...

September 12, 2021

Why We Need to Roll Up Our Sleeves and Reveal our Faith by Our Work…

There's a lot of stress in the world over the mandate to vaccinate. There's legitimate...

September 04, 2021

Moments We hope They Remember

Today, my youngest came to me feeling only stress. After she told me all her...

August 2021

August 31, 2021

Writers’ Block, Cancer, Spiritual Dryness and Me

So I wrote this beautiful post, about the trials of writers block and spiritual dryness,...

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