Do You Need to Practice Forgiveness?

Do You Need to Practice Forgiveness?

by | Apr 19, 2021

This week, I experienced a small miracle.  I was getting ready to write about forgiveness for my monthly column in a Franciscan magazine “Svjetlo Riječi” (printed in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina).  I considered all the usual ways we experience forgiveness –...
Did You Know That Gratitude Helps Digestion?

Did You Know That Gratitude Helps Digestion?

by | Apr 12, 2021

I love to cook. But not just for the sake of making food. I love to create meals that nourish our bodies – and our souls.  I love the whole ‘European’ process of preparing food – with each step containing the nourishing energy of love… Shopping for...
Do You Resist Changes and Transformations?

Do You Resist Changes and Transformations?

by | Apr 5, 2021

How was your Easter? For me, this was the first Easter that two of my kids weren’t home.  Yes, I miss them. Yes, I feel sad when I think of how fast the years have passed and that they aren’t little boys anymore (when my oldest was a baby, someone told me ‘days feel...
Do You Know Who You Are?

Do You Know Who You Are?

by | Mar 29, 2021

When you lay down at the end of the day – when all the work is done, when the kids are grown up and on their own, when the world is ok and no one needs you to fix problems or find solutions, when all the hungry are fed and needy taken care of, when Sunday comes...
What I Wish I Knew At Age 15

What I Wish I Knew At Age 15

by | Mar 22, 2021

And just like that, Spring Break was over. Blais and I dropped off Dante at his apartment, Evan at his dorm (luckily they go to the same college), and we got on the freeway for an eight-and-a-half hour ride home.  “Are you going to be able to drive by yourself?” Blais...