The tears started hard and fast in the carpool lane. A wave of sadness and loss that I didn't expect, had no inkling of, and couldn'...

Dear Lily, I remember hearing when I was pregnant that I would fall into this chasm of love the first time I saw you. I anticipated that, wa...

Most of us know the story of Jesus asking his disciples "Who do you say that I am?" We've read it and heard it in Sunday schoo...

I have been laid bare, stripped away of all that was me. Before what has happened and after what has been wrought are the remains of who I w...

The weather map lit up red. Angry welts broken by bands of dark green, pushing it's way directly across my area. Light flashed outside t...

When I was baptized at 7, I was given a beautiful statue of St Mary. Cream, gold, and light pink, she sat on my dresser and watched me. Her...

My mother was beautiful. Fragile, strong, and delicate all at once. She was generous and giving. She was impatient and unkind. She was abusi...