Category: Sacred Ordinary
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I Missed You From Before
My youngest was three when he told me he missed me from before, meaning the years I spent at sea. Eight years later, the Blue Grotto, swim practice, and fifty minutes of Avengers lore are helping give some of that time back.
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Walk On The Wild Side
A burial plot in old New England forest, a long-overdue morning at Walden Pond, and the wilderness I did not realize I had been missing until I was surrounded by it again.
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Not On My Bingo Card
A family trip to Amsterdam, four homemade bingo cards, and grace found outside the itinerary.
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Kin In Spirit
A papal visit in Naples, a phone-free teenager, a crowd full of joy, and a bus stop blessing I did not see coming.
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The Blue Box
Our teenager says we are damaging his aura. We call it the Blue Box, the brief stretch of years when all four of us still live under one roof.
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Carrying Home
After five months of silence and an overseas move, Naples speaks through pizza, language lessons, lava stone streets, and a turtle carrying home on its back.
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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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Off the News. On the Ground.
I stepped away from the news nearly thirty years ago, out of survival. This is the story of what I found instead: presence, quiet grace, and the slow tending of what matters most.
