Mother’s day – filled with hope, love, longing and loss.
My story I remember the days of love and insatiable longing. Longing for motherhood to be mine. To hold a tiny, wee […]
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Dying slowly – Remembering Seana – part 1
Seven years ago on May 19th, my beloved niece, Seana passed from this world to the next. She had Ovarian Cancer. She […]
Spring’s Whisper – “Hope lives”
I love the incandescent light coming in the window, as the sun trickles golden through greenery of the blooming trees. Spring’s whisper […]
Does Easter ever end?
The Liturgical Calendar dwells much longer in the story of Easter, and carries on going over what happened after the Resurrection. Looking […]
Green leaf – Hope
I love the green leaf, fresh unfurling just outside my window. Hope, it breathes. Green, it comes again. Always again. No matter […]
Friendship – its pain and beauty
Friendship is a delicate art. It is kindred spirits bonding: secrets told, shared values, copious cups of tea, movie nights, lunches and […]
Holy Week – Resurrection Day – Open our eyes…
John 20:11-16 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as […]
Holy Week – Don’t be afraid of Saturday
I hear this over and over, “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s coming!” Sunday’s coming It‘s a lovely sentiment and, it is true. But I […]
Holy Week – The Crucifixion – Mary Magdalene’s view
Jesus, Mary and John Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary […]
Holy Week – Do this in remembrance of Me
It’s hard to take in the suffering and the sacrifice… beaten, bruised, broken, and bleeding… He loved… He gave. For the entire […]
Holy Week – Judas betrays Jesus
The betrayal of Jesus While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of […]
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