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Waiting for the Great Pumpkin
Posted on October 12, 2016 Leave a Comment
For those of you unfamiliar with Roman Catholic idiosyncracies, it is customary for the faithful – and some of the unfaithful, too – to pray to the many saints for intercession with God. In any and every situation, for every need, there is a saint to whom one might turn for help. Some sixteen years […]
Is There Dodgeball in Heaven?
Posted on October 9, 2014 Leave a Comment
On Sunday mornings, my mother teaches a C.C.D. class (that’s Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, for all you non-Catholics; not Central City Dump, for anyone who may or may not have attended St. Mary’s C.C.D. anytime between 1977 and 1981) to a group of first graders. They’re a pretty tough crowd. They need a lot of […]
I Used to Be a Special Needs Mommy
Posted on March 26, 2014 Leave a Comment
One of the smartest people I know – now a judge, but first a mother – once told me that you’re only as happy as your least happy child. She told me this when I myself was a new mother of less than a few months, waist high in dirty diapers, developmentally-appropriate crib toys, empty […]
Beyond Loss
Posted on October 16, 2013
David and Goliath: The Story of How My Kid Fought Life’s Battles…and Won Everyone knows the story of David and Goliath, right? David is weak. A small fry. He is the inconsequential youth who triumphs over his giant foe, Goliath, with only a small sling and a stone (oh, yeah, and also God), only to […]
A Girl by the Bridge 
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