Confessions of a Recovering Almost-Hoarder
When my grandmother moved out of the house she had lived in for 35 years, it took the family several days to clean it...
Lessons from Picasso
I love art—particularly paintings. I love the way that paintings have their own language, where so much can be conveyed in a single image....
The Adventure of Letting Go
Five years ago, in the middle of a pretty rough semester at university, during which I had struggled with some health issues and some...
Being Fully Human: Humility
The greatest thing you can learn is just to love and be loved in return. - Moulin Rouge
It’s Thursday night—a holiday. You and your...
Moving Days
As my family travels, we meet quite a few people who ask us things like, “Where is your favorite place to go?” (I have...
Reaction
In the past week, there has been a lot of rough weather. The worst of it, or at least the worst that has gotten...
Who Am I?
A few weeks ago on my birthday, a bunch of friends and I got together for drinks and excess amounts of various desserts. The...
Life is a battlefield
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. - Martin Luther King Jr.
In his recent homily, Pope Francis...
Necessary Magic
Several years ago, when I was working on a community theatre project, I overheard two little girls having a conversation about wishes. They were...
Who tells you what to do?
My friend blogged the other day about how her boys, when allowed to have whatever they want for breakfast on their birthday, choose cereal....
