I wake up at 4:20 a.m. Unable to get back to sleep, I brush my teeth, make a cup of coffee, and curl up in a rocking chair in the living room. My cat sits nearby. Christmas tree lights illuminate the dark room with a warm glow. The day before, I attended my kids’ Christmas…
You’re all I can think of, every drop I drink upYou’re my soda pop, my little soda pop While the city around me is subject to an immigration enforcement blitz and threatened with military occupation, I can’t help but smile as five little girls in tights and leotards — my daughter among them — belt…
I was a few hours from home, towards the end of an eight-hour drive from visiting family in Nebraska. It was dark and my three kids were asleep. I needed something engaging to keep me going. A few weeks earlier, I had put on my playlist the audiobook version of a few different parenting books,…
“One word.” It’s a newer trend to ring in a new year foregoing the traditional New Year’s resolution. Instead, you opt for a word or phrase that sets your intention for the coming year. Adventure, Inner Peace, Joy. You get the idea. It’s an alternative with some real benefits. Magellan Health says a focus word,…
I grew up Catholic, but the Catholicism of my childhood looks very different from the one I embrace now — especially when it comes to politics. Impassioned political discussion used to be commonplace at my parents’ kitchen table. Debates around crop subsidies, subsistence agriculture, and international trade agreements were hot topics as I questioned the…
I stand at the back of a darkened room as another group of visiting students watch a video interview of my dear friend Anita, a Black woman in her fifties and the matriarch of four generations. I have heard her words many times before, but each time they hit me differently. She describes standing by…
The Sunday Mass experience at my home parish is unusual. Before walking through the front doors to encounter the smiling faces of our greeters, we are met by a loyal handful of protestors who line the sidewalk and carry posters bearing accusations towards the parish of stealing, lying, and sacrilege regarding the closing and attempted…
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