When I was growing up, all I ever wanted to be was a mother.Not a veterinarian.Not an astronaut.Not a writer.I wanted to be a mother.That never changed. I grew up and met the most wonderful, giving man. We fell in love, got married, and waited to become parents.It didn't happen.AsRead More
Dear Friend,I was thinking of you today.I was wondering how you are feeling.Maybe you’re frightened. Maybe you feel as if your world has been turned upside-down. Maybe you think no one understands. Maybe you’re worried about money or becoming a mother or just getting through tomorrow.Maybe you’re afraid that ifRead More
As I was making my grocery list for the week, I was wondering whether we had any baking powder.I went to look in the pantry.I started hunting, and the next thing I knew I had emptied the pantry onto the kitchen floor.As I was working, I discovered that we hadRead More
— 1 —Who knew that 5-year-olds came with so many questions? During just one half-hour drive this week I found myself explaining why bicyclists always have the right of way, why people steal credit card numbers, and how we try not to spend more money than we make. Leo thinksRead More
Opportunities such as the one that presented itself Thursday for Cardinal Sean O’Malley, archbishop of Boston, come around maybe once in a lifetime. It’s baseball season, so a baseball analogy seems appropriate. Cardinal O’Malley, with all due respect – a big swing and a miss. At an interfaith service at Cathedral of theRead More