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August 2021

August 20, 2021
We all like to think we love our neighbors, but we all struggle with someone,...
August 15, 2021
Being stuck at home and in bed, I spend time I should be resting, scrolling,...
August 12, 2021
When you find out you have cancer but that's all you know...it's a foxhole moment...
August 10, 2021
Today, I went to the surgeon for follow up. Eleven of twenty-three lymph nodes they...
August 09, 2021
Recently, I shared this meme, only to be questioned as to whether it was an...
August 05, 2021
How am I? Well, the title says it all. My brain, my nerves, my body...
August 04, 2021
Having gone through eight confirmations aside from my own, I've done some thinking about how...
August 03, 2021
It's August. It's hot and there is nothing looming on the horizon but the ordinary...
August 03, 2021
The surgery took place on the feast of Saint Mary, Saint Martha and Saint Lazarus....

July 2021

July 29, 2021
It's a grace to recognize gifts. Yesterday, the gift of searing a moment was received....
July 28, 2021
This is both real and tongue in cheek --because I know, there's never an age...
July 27, 2021
I have one days before surgery and I'll admit it right now, I'm scared.  It...
July 23, 2021
So I hopped on Facebook today and found a fierce discussion going on about Heaven,...
July 22, 2021
IMAGINE A PICTURE OF A CALENDAR HERE WITH A DATE CIRCLED IN RED.   IMAGINE THE...
July 20, 2021
Photo by Daria Shevtsova from PexelsThere’s a commercial for a famous brand of macaroni and cheese, where the...
July 17, 2021
Today, I have a piece over at the National Catholic Register on Saint Elizabeth Ann...
July 16, 2021
As a Catholic, we're always supposed to mindful of the liturgical season; Advent, Christmas, Ordinary...
July 11, 2021
We took the kids swimming this Sunday at the pool with the high diving board. ...
July 10, 2021
Sometimes, you need to dare in prayer.   God doesn't mind.  In fact, He delights when...
July 06, 2021
Back in high school, I took part in every spring musical.  Senior year, we performed...
July 04, 2021
Dear Nation, It's July 4th, 2021.  We're a tired people who have so much more to...

June 2021

June 29, 2021
Today, the words that fell on my heart, were we are more than the sum...
June 27, 2021
Today, we took our kids swimming.  I've ordered a pool pass for countless summers.  We're...
June 23, 2021
In this modern age, where relativism is deeper than the air we breathe, the desire...
June 18, 2021
Every year we sit and make a list of things we hope to do over...
June 16, 2021
I wrote this reflection shortly after discovering I have cancer. We are still in the...
June 14, 2021
“Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith...
June 10, 2021
IT'S SHOUTY THURSDAY... WHY? BECAUSE YOU'LL READ THIS AND IT'S CATHARTIC TO TYPE IN ALL...
June 05, 2021
For years, I ran a column, Small Success Thursday.  It helped me cultivate daily gratitude...
June 04, 2021
What does it mean when the readability says "Good" and I count only fifteen words? ...
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