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February 2023

February 05, 2023

Missing…The Writing Fairy

Photo by Mateusz Dach She's gone awol in 2023. I've been trying and most of...

January 2023

January 22, 2023

Our God, The Approachable King

Last week, we celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany. The three kings Melchior, Balthazar,...

January 01, 2023

Resolutions

Resolve to be kinder. Resolve to let yourself rest. Resolve to take care of those...

December 2022

December 27, 2022

Do You Really Have Ten Kids?

Every once in a while, someone asks this question in real life or online. "Do...

December 19, 2022

In This Moment

Photo by Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto We are five days from Christmas, and no matter what...

December 06, 2022

Imagining the Reality We’d face without the Promise and Reality of Christmas

We've had saints give us descriptions of Hell. Few of us have considered the spiritual...

December 05, 2022

On the Ninth Day of Advent…

Christmas Day is in nineteen days. Cue panic. My kids created a contest for the...

November 2022

November 25, 2022

My Goal Every Friday After Thanksgiving

Is always the same. Stay home. Do not under any circumstances cook or shop. Make...

November 25, 2022

How We Are Always Both And

One thing I love about being Catholic, is the grounded nature of our faith. It...

November 17, 2022

What Have We Been Doing?

I know, I wrote that last time...but we've spent the past week dealing with an...

November 07, 2022

Why We Should Be Thankful

I'm not putting a picture here of a messy world or people screaming at each...

November 02, 2022

Where did She Go?

Some of you know I teach high school English. Others now know. I have eighty...

October 2022

October 17, 2022

The Everyday Wonder of the Rosary

The Blessed Mother longs to talk with us and listen. She doesn't mess around. I...

October 13, 2022

The Road We Take

We are always on the road that goes ever ever on, and it is always...

October 09, 2022

On Suffering and Hope and Forever

Yesterday I sat at a meeting discussing donuts and flyers. The sharing of labors...

September 2022

September 30, 2022

There Are No Invisible People to God

(Charity) Shutterstock Poor Uneducated Addicted Illegal Mentally ill Handicapped Unborn Homeless Convicted LGBQ+ The list...

September 25, 2022

In the Past Ten Days…I’ve…

This is not ten truths and a lie...this is the last two weeks going backwards...and...

September 14, 2022

Book Review over at the Register and Online Evangelization

Today I'm over at the National Catholic Register with a book review of Fr. Livio...

September 06, 2022

Ask, God is Always Listening to Our Hearts

These days, I spend some time with the Blessed Sacrament every school day. Yesterday, the...

September 01, 2022

Pinky Promises, Pie, and Fingers in Your Eye

Having multiple members of Gen Z and Gen Alpha in the household, I've learned that...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

What is New in 2022

Last year, when school started, it felt as though I had classes of pet rocks....

August 22, 2022

Looks Shiny, Feels Real

I have moaned about summer ending, but today seeing my classroom and all the people,...

August 20, 2022

So We Gather the Bones of Summer

Today, we drove to DC and did a tourist thing. We went to the top...

August 19, 2022

So Now What

I have been wondering what I should do, to be more what God calls and...

August 16, 2022

Still Summer

Attention retailers! It is August 16th. There are still days of summer to be seized,...

August 15, 2022

Finding Your Always

This weekend, since Thursday. I've seen Hamilton and I've been to a funeral for my...

August 10, 2022

Sometimes You Need to Yell at God, but Don’t Worry, He can Take it.

Having gone to confession today, I recognized that I needed to yell at God. Not...

August 08, 2022

Over at Catholicmom.com

So I have a piece over at Catholicmom.com on being Good Fruit. Enjoy! Good Fruit...

August 07, 2022

Pillars

Today, my heart feels alternatively like a stone so heavy it will fall out of...

August 06, 2022

Back on the Writing Pony after Falling off for what feels like Forever

Reports of my blog atrophying into internet nothingness are incorrect. I'd blame August sloth but...

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