Category: Reflections
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Ithaca, Again: Landing at the Launch
Forty years after high school, I walk the same halls that once sent me into the world. Time folds in on itself, and home remembers what we forget.
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Hairspray and Hashtags: High School Then and Now
My son heads to his first homecoming while I prepare for my 40th reunion. High school shapes us all, though the marks it leaves look different across generations.
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When Hope Feels Impossible
From bones at Solferino to smoke over the Pentagon to seventy years of marriage, this essay wrestles with cruelty, grief, and the persistence of hope.
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The Sweaty Guy Always Finds Me
From the yoga mat to the grocery line, small torments test our patience daily. This reflection weaves humor and Psalm 51 into a reminder that even petty frustrations can open us to a clean heart.
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Four Minutes, Fifteen Years
From a Sunday night concert without dance partners to Monday’s high school registration to Tuesday’s OR vigil, three quiet days reveal the thresholds of parenthood and the way of everything.
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My Body, the Heretic
A reverent, raw reflection on embodiment and the long, defiant journey of a body that refuses to quit.
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The Cheesecake Bag & The Weight of Maybe
Twenty-five years of cords, chargers, and backup plans—all gone in one trip to Goodwill. Clearing the drawer becomes a quiet reflection on readiness, release, and the kind of faith that makes room for what is still to come.
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Cow Tail Theology: Mending What Matters Before the Lights Go Out
After a long day of high-stakes leadership decisions, the most important thing was sewing the tail back on my son’s cow costume. This reflection holds space for quiet repairs, divine mending, and the truth that some moments stitch us back together.
Captain Reverend Mother 