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The Uses of Enchantment
The day I decided to become a mother, I was sitting in a college lecture hall, surrounded by more than a thousand students, listening to a professor articulate a truth that I had carried around since...
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Illumination
While the house is all a flutter with two high school boys trying to figure out who and how to ask a girl to the Homecoming Dance, and knives busy cutting oranges for soccer games (just how many times...
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Struggling Through The Comets
I was hooked when I watched The Bethlehem Star a few years ago. There was something mesmerizing about those stars that have a definite, historical and future path, and are traveling onward on a...
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When I interviewed this sweet lady, there was no sign of quivering, shaking of panic. Yet, she was recalling years she spent living on the streets with her toddler sons — one time even pregnant. Read...
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There’s something about the relief that comes when they tell you. When you learn that there’s a reason your arms are so tired from trying; that the over the counter medicines and the herbs are having...
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On a horrific day last week, when everything was going wrong, and I was powerless to stop it, I found myself wishing I could just sit down and watch Jude Law pray. Law portrays Pope Pius XIII in HBO’s...
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A Scattering of Memories
They scatter like pieces of glitter. Suddenly, the thought of gathering them all together for a group shot is just about as horrifying as being dropped out in the middle of an ocean and fighting the...
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What Moms Don’t Tell
Honestly, going through this phase of motherhood — there’s no delicate way to put it — is painful. They are adamant about paving their own way through the world, and no amount of blueberry pancakes or...
View ArticleA Cloud In The Sky Won’t Make A Difference
I decided to fall head first into the romanticism of the solar eclipse that is zooming its way to a streak across the United States. We do not live in the “total” path area –but, because of my...
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The Uses of Enchantment
The day I decided to become a mother, I was sitting in a college lecture hall, surrounded by more than a thousand students, listening to a professor articulate a truth that I had carried around since...
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Illumination
While the house is all a flutter with two high school boys trying to figure out who and how to ask a girl to the Homecoming Dance, and knives busy cutting oranges for soccer games (just how many times...
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Struggling Through The Comets
I was hooked when I watched The Bethlehem Star a few years ago. There was something mesmerizing about those stars that have a definite, historical and future path, and are traveling onward on a...
View ArticleSolid, Like a Rock
When I interviewed this sweet lady, there was no sign of quivering, shaking of panic. Yet, she was recalling years she spent living on the streets with her toddler sons — one time even pregnant. Read...
View ArticlePneumonia
There’s something about the relief that comes when they tell you. When you learn that there’s a reason your arms are so tired from trying; that the over the counter medicines and the herbs are having...
View ArticleOn A Bad Day, I Like Nothing More Than Watching That Young Pope Pray
On a horrific day last week, when everything was going wrong, and I was powerless to stop it, I found myself wishing I could just sit down and watch Jude Law pray. Law portrays Pope Pius XIII in HBO’s...
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A Scattering of Memories
They scatter like pieces of glitter. Suddenly, the thought of gathering them all together for a group shot is just about as horrifying as being dropped out in the middle of an ocean and fighting the...
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What Moms Don’t Tell
Honestly, going through this phase of motherhood — there’s no delicate way to put it — is painful. They are adamant about paving their own way through the world, and no amount of blueberry pancakes or...
View ArticleA Cloud In The Sky Won’t Make A Difference
I decided to fall head first into the romanticism of the solar eclipse that is zooming its way to a streak across the United States. We do not live in the “total” path area –but, because of my...
View ArticleGraduation is Saturday
This Saturday… he is graduating. From college… It’s been a slow four years. It’s been a fast four years. It was a tender time… of learning to breathe with him not in the house… and then learning to...
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The Next Time You’re Tempted To Worry, Try This
When it comes to my sons, I wear their struggles. On my face, on my hands, and on my heart. There are some days when I feel as if I am juggling their lives, as one son’s problem is solved, another one...
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