The word Marriage brings up different images depending on who is doing the imagining. A naive young girl may dream of Prince Charming and living happily ever after while a jaded, under appreciated old woman many be so overcome by marital regret she can’t remember any fairy tale dreams she once held dear. Ask a …
Sunday is Mother’s Day, the day where Mom gets breakfast in bed, celebrates Mass with a picture-perfect family, is given flowers, cards, and macaroni necklaces, and then sent to the spa for a massage or mani-pedi before being treated to dinner. You know the deal. Mother’s Day is the stuff Hallmark thrives on! Mother’s Day is the one day all year …
23 years ago today I didn’t get Married, but I did. I did stand in front of family and friends. I did wear a long white gown. I did take a slow walk up the aisle to face a priest. I did approach the Tabernacle with a smile on my face. I did face the …
23 Years Ago Today, I Didn’t Get Married, But I Did… Read More »
As many abandoned spouses know, today’s marital abandonment doesn’t always mean desertion. While society congratulates the parent who moves out for staying “involved,” it largely ignores longterm challenges abandoned spouses face redefining themselves and filling emptiness left behind when children visit the deserting parent. Last week I celebrated another anniversary in my journey through abandonment. On October 11th, 2011, I wrote my first post for Single …
A Different Kind of Good – A Marital Abandonment Anniversary Read More »
What if the house burns down? How would I get my boys out in time? How would I save us all? I’d been hoping my school would want me full time, but despite the kind and patient explanation I was given, there was no way around it. My job was on the line. With NY’s taxes, economically devastating policies, and high …
What if the House Burns Down? – Worries of a Single Mom of 5 Boys Read More »
Indifference doesn’t seem threatening in the turmoil of divorce. Often, it seems as though indifference would be a welcome relief. To some, indifference is even the goal. Why then, must we fight indifference in divorce? In my self-centered thinking, I assumed expressions like, “You don’t turn your back on a friend,” and “Blood is thicker than …
I’ve been told many times by many people that they wish they had my faith or that they admire my faith. It sometimes seems as though they think faith is a gift I’ve been uniquely given, but the priest at last Sunday’s Mass had a definition of faith that helped clarify what I can never …
Faith as the Absence of Certainty: the Myth of the Mustard Seed Read More »
I grew up Catholic, was Christened in the Catholic Church, made my first Holy Communion and Confirmation in the same Church I was married in. I went to Catholic Mass every Sunday for most of my life even through college when so many think they know better or become “enlightened” and leave the faith. My …
I am the Lost Sheep, the Gold Coin, the Prodigal Son & I am Called to Love Better Read More »
