Uncategorized

I was driving Chiara to school the other morning when I noticed a thought for the day on the message board at the local Episcopal church. It said:What if God is ...

I was wondering what I might post today, on the Feast of Pentecost. It seemed like it should be something special, something worthy of the gift of the Holy ...

This essay ran in the May 24 issue of Our Sunday Visitor:Out in my perennial garden, nestled among the bleeding hearts and hyacinths, stands a well-worn clay ...

I received the following anonymous comment this week from someone who attended one of the workshops I gave at the "Living the Catholic Faith Conference" in ...

I was surprised last week to find this lovely review of my first book, "Parenting a Grieving Child: Helping Children Find Faith, Hope and Healing After the Loss ...

Today was a big day for Chiara. Even though her birthday is not until July 21, she celebrated her "birthday walk" at her Montessori preschool this morning. The ...

A Facebook friend alerted me to another amazing BBC production, The Monastery, which follows the day-by-day experience of six lay men who become part of a ...

Chiara, who is off from preschool this morning, is dressed to the nines and creating her own indoor version of hopscotch, while I work nearby at the computer. ...

Sorry for the long absence. I've got a couple of good excuses. It's been a crazy week in the Not Strictly Spiritual household. The cats, of course, have added ...

No, I didn't give away all of my possessions. But I did adopt not one but two cats from the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society last night. Crazy, I know. ...

If you regularly berate yourself for not exercising enough, not printing and organizing your photos, not reading all the bestsellers on the New York Times book ...

Yesterday was one of those days. It started out bad and seemed to get worse. It wasn't anything terrible, more a mood or funk inspired by the weather and work ...

When the doorbell rang the other afternoon, my first inclination was to pretend no one was home. Surely someone was selling something I didn't want. But I ...

Fourteen years ago today, Dennis and I were married at Our Lady of the Assumption in the Bronx. It was a day very much like today -- sunny, windy, a little ...

My OSV Daily Take post today:My husband and I recently had to make a very difficult decision with and for our 8-year-old daughter, who is finishing up third ...

This is the quote that came up today on the Word of God Everyday, which I receive by email each weekday. I thought it was worth sharing:Everyone who ...

So our friends Abby and Jason invited us over to celebrate Orthodox Easter with their family and friends today. My first Greek Easter. When we arrived, the ...

We're back from the Ridin-Hy Ranch Resort on Lake Sherman in the Adirondacks. See those cowboy boots above. This is the first time that these authentic ...

I am heading out to a dude ranch with my Brownie troop and four other moms in an hour or so. Should be interesting -- and fun, I hope. Horseback riding, indoor ...

My brother just sent me this YouTube link. Maybe you've already seen it or heard about it, but I had to share it. I just watched it twice, the first time in ...