Am I Gonna Die?
My brother would wail and ask my mother over and over again when he was in the bathroom sick with a stomach virus, “Am I gonna die? Am I gonna die?” Emptying the contents of your stomach into the toilet can be a painful and scary experience for a young child. When my brother pleaded, “Am I...Continue reading→
Holy. Weak.
Holy Week officially started this Sunday with the glorious palm branch entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and will end with the passion, death and then resurrection of our Lord on Easter Sunday. Leading up to Holy Week, I felt called to focus on two things. The words Holy and Weak. No, that was not a...Continue reading→
How Old Are You?
“How old are you?” a 2nd grader asked me the other day (oblivious to the cultural norm that you don’t ask your female teacher—or any female—her age.) I chuckled to myself, not caring about the cultural norm, and gave him a challenging 2nd grade math problem as an answer to his question. As his brain...Continue reading→
For Love of the Irish
What would you do if you were kidnapped at age 16, sold as a slave, and taken to another country? The real question is what would you do if you were able to escape?
Be Transfigured
Some Saturdays my husband works all day in the yard or on the car and is covered with dirt and grease. Then he stops so we can get ready to go to evening Mass. When he comes out all cleaned up, and in his slacks and bleach-white dress shirt, I am in awe. I say...Continue reading→