It is said that somewhere in Iowa, a small town’s football team still takes a knee before each game.  The players and coaches join hands and bow their heads, and they defy the laws that tell them that they cannot pray together.  It is rumored that they kneel together and recite the Lord’s Prayer.
“Our Father, [...]

My friend, our friend, Lisa died last night.
While I was sleeping in my bed, beside my husband, with my two small children sleeping in their rooms – she and hers were saying goodbye.
It is what it is, Lisa would say.

Whether we were talking about her dying or internet trolls or the old boyfriends you can’t [...]

I know we’re not supposed to say so, but I never liked that kid.
He is my son’s age and lives in our neighborhood. And he wants to play. That alone was enough to win Devin over.
I’m not as easy to please.
He lacked the manners that you’d expect of an 8 year old. [...]

I’ve been wanting to write this here for a while.  But it’s long and it never seemed the right time, until now.
My mother and I went to Church together this past Mother’s Day weekend, which is a rare treat because we hardly ever make the same Mass.  She sat beside me during the homily and [...]

Thanksgiving is supposed to about family.  And food.  And laughter and joy and wonderful things.
It’s not supposed to be this.
Thanksgiving is not supposed to be sitting on a cold, hard pew in an empty funeral home.  My brothers are sitting beside me, too young to grasp how wrong this all is.
Family.  And friends.  And rooms [...]