A Catholic priest friend began a blog while he was still a deacon. His intention was to help his readers grow closer to Christ through prayer. For one of his blog […]
“Please, pass the mashed potatoes and don’t hog the gravy.” Some of my best memories revolved around the dinner table. Holidays and many in-between days found me settled at […]
Nineteen years ago today, when I was twenty-four and my husband twenty-six, we made a mad dash to the midwife Annie’s office. The hot, southern, July sun was just beginning […]
This is the building. This is the building we used to drive a half an hour to get to. This is the building that we used to park our big, […]
With a ten month old at hip, I’d taken up my usual place at the rear of the sanctuary so as to distance my noise-maker from the attentive audience. It […]
My 17 year old son, Nikolai, helped Mr. B (aka Dad) cook up some truly delicious grilled veggies this week and he jotted down the simple recipes. Grilling brought out […]
“Did you hear that bird last night?” The question rolled off the tongues of sleepy, eye rubbing pilgrims as they made their way down the hill toward the breakfast line. […]
Just another week in Brelinskyville I say. And by that I mean: traveling to celebrate our first graduate, hosting 86 of the world’s most awesome party guests, a stray peacock, […]
Holed up in the nursery, the baby had just drifted off to sleep in my arms. It was that blissful moment when eyes finally took rest behind their lids and […]
