Q & A: Week Six – Holding the Reins Lightly

This week's 'Living the Question:' How do I make all the pieces fit? Next week's Question: Why do bad things happen to good people? Links to each post in this series can be found in the … Read more...

Q & A Tuesday (well, Wednesday!) Wrap-Up: Week Five

This fuzzy version of a photo of mine sort of sums up this week. Not one I want to remember, to tell you the truth. And no, I have not missed the irony of such a week when immersed in a series that … Read more...

Q & A: Week Five – Living Loved

Welcome to week five in a series of longish reflections on some of life's harder questions. We're having a rich conversation in this space and I am grateful. Last week opened the door to a … Read more...

Sunday Dinner: A Deeper Story/Family

Another installment in the series of reflections I'm writing on this final walk I take with mom, the one through dementia. You can begin reading here, and then click over to A Deeper Story, where I'm … Read more...

Q & A Tuesday Wrap-Up: Week Four

  There are a lot of words in this wrap-up -- and most of them are from all of you! What a rich conversation we've had this week! Thank you all for your insights and your articulate, kind … Read more...

A Sacramental Faith

It's been a rough week. A niggling ankle injury turned out to be a seriously shredded tendon, which may require surgery next month. In the meantime, I'm wearing a boot to try and immobilize it and … Read more...

Q & A: Week Four – The Gift of Tears

WARNING: THIS IS A MUCH LONGER INTRO THAN USUAL. FEEL FREE TO GLANCE, SKIP OR IGNORE: This week marks the halfway point in my original layout for this series. I designed Q & A around a set … Read more...

Surviving the Worst Thing Possible: A Book Review

I have always had an active imagination. And a sometimes anxious psyche. Combine those two things, and the mind pictures grow exponentially! I've imagined my husband or children lying by the side of … Read more...

Q & A Tuesday Wrap-Up: Week Three

I'm thinking maybe this week's topic -- SIN -- felt too big for some of our usual conversational partners, because a few voices are missing this time around. We picked up a few new ones, however, and … Read more...