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August 2022

August 28, 2022

Conversion is Turning Around

Just after I got depressed, I got sick. I am sick so much less...

July 2022

July 21, 2022

Lady With The Blue Coat

It was one of those exhausting mid-July days where the whole world slows to...

July 14, 2022

A Bit of Red Clover

It was one of those mornings that starts with a nightmare. It's a nightmare...

July 03, 2022

A Sermon and an Outburst

I went to Mass today. It's hard going back to Mass at home after being...

June 2022

June 06, 2022

A Tongue of Fire

Again and again, I return to this theme: I wish with all my heart there...

April 2022

April 30, 2022

Upon a Red Wheelbarrow

I woke up with anxiety again-- the hard, solid, agonizing bezoar of fear and...

April 29, 2022

To Be Yourself, In Christ

Tuesday was absolutely magical, one of the best days of my life. Wednesday was one...

April 27, 2022

A Great Day Out

We went to Pittsburgh. I've been so sick with anxiety it's hard to write about...

April 24, 2022

Violets on Purpose

I don't know how many different times I can say that I wish I...

March 2022

March 11, 2022

When I Wasn’t Writing

Anxiety and depression tend to creep up. When they come with a bout of my...

January 2022

January 28, 2022

To See Something Beautiful

The darkest part of the year is not a good time. I've already said...

January 03, 2022

In an Anxious Time, Christ was With Me

It's an anxious time. The New Year and the dead of winter are always...

December 2021

December 22, 2021

Rise Up Shepherd

It hasn't been the brightest Holiday season. I've been struggling with my poly-cystic ovary...

November 2021

November 29, 2021

What God Can Do With Suffering

Christians are supposed to rejoice in our weaknesses. I don't really know how to do...

November 24, 2021

A Tree to Save the World

Truth be told, the anxiety is still bad. I've struggled with anxiety my entire life....

November 18, 2021

A Turkey Day Traffic Jam

Yesterday, I went downtown with a bag of all the extra groceries from my visit...

November 17, 2021

Emmanuel and the Anxious Turkey

I hardly know where to begin. I wish I had a different Mary Pezzulo...

November 06, 2021

The Beginning of Wisdom is the End of Fear

Last week was Halloween. As anyone familiar with my work knows by now, my...

October 2021

October 25, 2021

There Are So Many Different Fears

There are so many different kinds of fear. I have felt so many fears...

July 2021

July 02, 2021

The Noisy Time of Year

It's been awfully noisy around here. The annual two weeks of backyard fireworks have started...

April 2021

April 22, 2021

No Left Turns and Never Forget

I've had a car for a month now. The Neighborhood Trolley is my first...

January 2021

January 05, 2021

Sometimes We Do So Well

They didn't tell me it would be THAT kind of ultrasound. I had been picturing...

December 2020

December 04, 2020

For God So Loved the Formless Waste

Rosie and I went downtown, to bring a space heater to the Friendship Room, and...

October 2020

October 13, 2020

When I was Brave

I once wrote a story called "Mary the Brave." It's not much of a...

May 2020

May 12, 2020

Courage, Cowardice and COVID: Contra R. R. Reno

First Things editor R. R. Reno, who as far as I can tell from his...

December 2019

December 24, 2019

O Foggy Night

It was one of those days when everything goes wrong. Of course, it was also...

November 2019

November 16, 2019

After the Drive, the Flare-Up

The whole time I've been learning to drive, I was terrified that I'd hurt...

March 2019

March 11, 2019

A Gold Day, A Kite Day

February is truly gone, and the gray went with it. If the physical and...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

The February Escape

I was at that point in February where the uptick in fibromyalgia combines with the...

December 2018

December 01, 2018

Your Redemption is at Hand

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: Jesus said to his disciples: “There...