finding hope in a busy world
It’s okay not to be okay. Right now, things in the world are not okay, but I’ve been talking to your kids and they are doing just fine. They love the walks you’re taking together as a family. They love gathering around the dinner table. Game nights and movie nights make them laugh and cry… Continue reading your kids are okay
Happy Holy Thursday When we taught the littlest ones about the Catholic faith in the Atrium, we showed them how to prepare the chalice for the table. They learned how to pour the wine (empty the cruet).They learned how to pour the water (just a drop).They learned that Jesus is the wine.They learned that we… Continue reading holy thursday
I’m really good at numbing my pain. In my world, everything is fine, everything is fine, everything is always fine because I’m determined that IT WILL BE FINE. Of course, it’s not always fine. It has been over three weeks with our families hunkered down inside of our homes.We have cooked 1000 meals in a… Continue reading alone with pain
Today is Palm Sunday and all I can think about is how Jesus entered into this week surrounded by cheering crowds but left almost entirely alone. Jesus’ Holy Week is painfully our Holy Week during this pandemic. We can’t ignore Jesus' journey because we are living that rejection right now. Just a few short weeks… Continue reading from cheers to isolation
Surrounded by family and cats, I watched an 83 year old Pope Francis lift the Monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament and bless a dark, damp, and desolate St. Peter’s square. Three times, he lifted that heavy, shining vessel, raising it in the name of the Father, lowering it in the name of the Son, and… Continue reading looking for a leader
I'm tired even though I've been getting enough sleep. I'm tired even though I've been intentionally taking walks in the sun each day. I'm tired even though I've been eating better than ever. I'm tired because my body has finally let go of the information-rush adrenaline and has moved into an inability-to-act funk. You've heard… Continue reading too tired to pray
Are you still breathing? Good. Keep breathing. Slowly, deeply, nourishingly. Your spirit needs you right now. It needs your body and it needs your mind, working and playing together as one. For some of us, our minds have been too busy. Typically a voracious reader, I have been unable to read more than a page… Continue reading the why and the how
Our family's spring break trip was hijacked by the virus but instead of staying home, a friend graciously allowed us to use her cabin in the woods. We relocated our shelter in place a few hours North, enabling our vacation to truly feel like a vacation, and for that, for her, I am eternally grateful.… Continue reading viral hope
Disneyland is closed, schools are canceled and then, so must be life. Yesterday, I spent much of my day monitoring news and Twitter. I read from a woman who confidently shared her quarantine grocery list, which consisted of 5 Costco flats of eggs. Wait, do I need 5 Costco flats of eggs? People were lamenting… Continue reading prayer through fear
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