Author: hollytrina

This season has left me feeling parched and dry with a heart cracked wide open. The details of these past two years are gone, much of life trudging on as it is and as it was. I want to remember. I know there was love and life and beauty and joy, but the sameness and… Continue reading resolving towards hope

I often feel like a canary in a coal mine, chirping away as the world tilts, warning of change but also staying right where I am because, really, we canaries know something is wrong, but we rarely know exactly what it is. This past week, the canary in my soul has been chirping nonstop, but… Continue reading weary world rejoices

I cannot stand to read another article about how a child sacrificed his life during a school shooting.He did not choose to make that sacrifice.He did not surrender his life as an offering.He wanted to live. Calling this loss of life a sacrifice does not make it okay.It is not admirable. It is tragic. I… Continue reading sacrifice

Some days all I want is to feel safe. I want safe people and safe thoughts and safe activities.I want to keep my children close and protect them from all harm.I want safety even as I know in my very bones that a safe life is impossible. I know I cannot protect myself or anybody… Continue reading feeling safe

You know what is a pro-life issue? Paid family leave.You know what Catholics should be 100% behind? Paid family leave.You know what was just removed from the Build Back Better Plan because of conservative (supposedly Christian) politicians? Paid family leave. But this is not a post about one particular issue. This is a post about… Continue reading paid family leave

Something is simmering. The lives we once knewUnrecognizable. The loves we once knewNo longer here. Lists getting longer.Days getting shorter.Meals going faster.Sleep almost gone. It seems we’ve forgottenThose days were too rushed It seems we’ve forgottenThe Necessity of Rest Desperate to returnwe avert our eyes Desperate to forgetthe pain we all shared Something is simmering.What… Continue reading something is simmering

In the past week, I’ve seen multiple warnings, encouraging me to shop early for Christmas (supply chain issues! labor shortages! buy now!) and I’m already tired. Did we learn nothing from the past two years? All I want is time with my people. I want days of rest, hunkered down in cozy blankets, sipping from… Continue reading what i want for christmas

Structure is liberating.At least it is for me. Once I feel comfortable in a certain space and with certain people, I become more fully myself. The unknown requires a lot of mental and physical energy to navigate, leaving me few resources left to relax into who I am and how I fit into the world.… Continue reading vatican II baby

I posted a story on Instagram yesterday, which I decided was worth keeping. So here you go, short and sweet. I may write more later. I may not. Lots of voices are speaking on this issue, and I'm not sure I'm anxious to add my voice to the fray. But if you're interested in listening… Continue reading laws that divide

My dear people who are hesitant to get the COVID vaccine. I get it. I do. I’m the type of person to eschew pain medication until I can’t tolerate it anymore. I’ll let my fever ride hoping my body can deal with that little bug all on its own. I trust my body, and so… Continue reading a love note to my Catholic anti-maskers