Around the country, various school years are beginning. Some little ones are going to school for the first time, wide-eyed and bubbling with questions. Some are moving out of their parents’ house for the first time, their cars loaded with dorm value-packs sheets and self-assemble furniture. Some are beginning high school, awkward and unaware of [...]
Archive for August, 2008
21 Aug
Protective Procrastination…
I think that, subconsciously, one of the reasons I have been avoiding writing is because of my last entry. When I last wrote, I wrote of the woman who is a friend of my family’s–you’ll remember she was dying of cancer.
Within days of my writing that entry, our friend died. Her death hit me hard. [...]
6 Aug
Another path to immortality
In the movie Troy, Brad Pitt’s character Achilles has a scene where he describes why he desires to partake in so ruthlessly defeating countless numbers of men. I don’t remember the exact quote, but the gist of it is that he desires what he claims all men want–to claim immortality through always having their names [...]
5 Aug
We are stronger than we believe
My husband and I had dinner with an old friend of mine last night. This beautiful woman, who I have known since college, recently completed an international distance triathlon. As we talked about the journey of her training and eventual completion of the triathlon, I began thinking of the strength that we all possess but [...]
Just a joyful Catholic girl trying to live as simply and consciously and gratefully as possible in this beautiful, amazing world...and bringing as many as possible along for the ride.