I have this friend. She is beautiful and special and a magnificently thoughtful mother. She and I shared too few moments together when she l...

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...