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What a Joyful Racket! Our Lady of Guadalupe
A snippet from my book about 'The Good Priest.' Please comment! What a joyful racket! Old Bishop Thomas glowed from the Our Lady of...
The Face Mask: Living in Fear or Living with Science?
I don’t know about you, but I wonder when I’ll go to the grocery store and not wear a face mask. As it is, I feel I'm braving the wild,...
The Surprises of Unexpected Pet Love
“Mom, I never expected it to hurt this much to say goodbye to Mills,” my daughter texts me after she and her husband decided to give a...
Despite the Odds...I Plant.
My husband wasn't happy with me. Because I dared do it --again. I planted three baby tomatoes. He thought I was done trying. For years,...
The Hard Work of Humor
A few years back, during a difficult time, I was listening to a program on National Public Radio when I heard the host, Scott Simon,...
CHOSEN
Many of us have received a jury summons. With that initial realization, don’t we all cringe? We’re way too busy, right? Don’t we hope it...
Note to Former Self: It's Okay to be Still.
About ten years ago I was being treated by a physical therapist for a tight hamstring I had developed due to running. “Have you ever...
Thoughts on the Half-Mast Flag
I'm sitting across from my twenty-year-old daughter in an overpriced café in Athens, Georgia. She is holding onto a coffee cup with both...
When More than Your Bird Feeder is Empty...
I walk into my kitchen carrying generous bags of groceries. My blinds are open, revealing a beautiful, sunny day. It’s early autumn. I...
Why Does it Take the Worst to Find Our Best?
I hear the fear in my daughter’s voice over the cell phone Monday night. She was in Kingwood, Texas, smack in the middle of Hurricane...
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