What is it about high school that evokes so many feelings? Why our fascination with this time in life? There are numerous movies and TV shows about high school, set during that time, plus numerous mentions of high school reunions as well. Second only to childhood, it is a time most idealized or demonized, depending […]
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“A man’s reach must exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” Robert Browning states, reflecting on having a dream or vision, much like Psalm 72 – vision of a new social order. Psalm 72 What are you reaching for, hoping for, working for? Perhaps a world at peace? A better world for your children […]
Read MoreCheck out my guest post, “Attention to Details,” on SheWrites.com. Post explores the importance of details in creating your fiction. Click here to read!
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I had a minor hair crisis last week, forcing me to confront the question, do I go gray or go home. When I tried to schedule a hair appointment, my stylist didn’t have any openings for over two weeks. By then the gray stripe already forming down my part would be a roadway. No problem, […]
Read MoreAnyone who has been following my blog for any time knows that I’ve been writing in some shape or form for most of my life. What you may not know is that for fourteen years of this life, I was a “Pastoral Coordinator” or “pastor” for two Catholic churches without a resident priest pastor. (Technically, […]
Read MoreWhen my kids were growing up we had a Siberian Husky named Jet. I would take Jet for daily walks and when I turned the corner of our block, I would unhook the leash and let her go. She would run to our house and about the yard. I enjoyed watching her run. It was […]
Read MoreHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas! Throughout the U.S. Christmas decorations are put away and people are returning to life as usual after the holidays. Yet, in the Catholic Church the decorations remain as we celebrate the Feast of Epiphany, or little Christmas, marking the coming of the magi to see Jesus. If you are […]
Read MoreAs I reflect back on 2014, it was rather uneventful, especially in comparison to 2013. For the first time in five years I didn’t have a family wedding to help with. In October of 2009 my son married, one daughter in September of 2010 and the other in July of 2011. My mother married in […]
Read MoreFor so many years I would ask God, “when?” and God would respond, “soon,” much as a mother tells a small child to wait for Christmas. God’s soon could mean anything. Remember, “A day is a thousand years for God, a thousand years but a day.” The mother’s soon means one thing to the child, […]
Read MoreCelebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe “A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” Rev. 12:1 Years ago, while living in Lansing, Michigan, I was involved at Cristo Rey Community Center, working with their summer migrant […]
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