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We Are All Messier than We Admit

We don't know how we would have acted in the heated moment. We only know...

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LENT LENT AND MORE LENT

First, a very good piece by my friend, Simcha: Go Ahead, Give up Chocolate for...

February 2022

February 27, 2022

Remembering We are Ashes Before We are Ash

Image Credit: Gregory Gresko The man embracing the foot of the cross in the Ukraine...

February 10, 2022

I finished Chemo!

Since you folks have followed this on Patheos, you deserve an update. I FINISHED MY...

February 07, 2022

Be a Tassel

We've all heard the Gospel so many times, we no longer hear what it says,...

January 2022

January 06, 2022

500 Words

Runners run, chefs cook, writers write. I've been off my writer's game since before Christmas. ...

December 2021

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 25, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving…

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

November 16, 2021

The Big Question Series

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

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 24, 2021

Put Down the Rocks!

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

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...

September 2021

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 04, 2021

Ideas for Next Time

Having gone through eight confirmations aside from my own, I've done some thinking about how...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

One Day Until Surgery

I have one days before surgery and I'll admit it right now, I'm scared. It...

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June 29, 2021

We All Want What Isn’t Yet, to be Better

Today, the words that fell on my heart, were we are more than the sum...

June 10, 2021

AN HONEST POST

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May 23, 2021

My Favorite Feast

It's no secret. I've always loved Pentecost. The dissent of the Holy Spirit is my...

May 21, 2021

One Splinter at a Time

A few years ago, when my life felt awash with babies, I spent much of...

April 2021

April 21, 2021

The Beauty of a Bedtime Story

My favorite thing to do with my children as a parent, is read them stories. ...

April 16, 2021

We Have Been Reduced

I wrote the title before I wrote the piece, and didn't know quite what it...

April 09, 2021

Movies, Editing and Parenting Doesn’t Age Well

We've been watching old movies and I've discovered, movies I loved, now feel dull, and...

April 02, 2021

Bear Your Splinters

Today, the tabernacle is bare. Today, we are the presence of our Lord's body wounded...

March 2021

March 30, 2021

Guest Writer: Jennifer Sanders and A Holy Week

My sister wrote this, and when I read it, I felt the fullness of the...

March 18, 2021

Reflections on a Happy Saint Patrick’s Day

We wore green, I put on the music of Celtic Folk and cooked corned beef....

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