As long as I can remember, I have always liked to write. Never minded papers in school and almost always have a notebook on hand to trap thoughts in ink before they’re lost. Sometimes I use writing as a clarifying or an emptying from everything going on in my head. Can’t say it always proves […]
Burnt almonds.
3.3.2021 Dear dad, One of my new favorite things is making almond butter. It is probably the best day of the week. I buy a package of raw almonds, roast them, and stick them in the food processor. The process is magical and the taste so much better than a jar from the store. Better […]
Do not be afraid.
2.19.2021 Dear dad, I want this Lent to be different. I think I have said this before but this year with greater intention. I want the Lord to transform my heart. And I’m ready to give it fully to Him as much as I can. The daily reading from Isaiah today sums it up pretty […]
A leprous love.
2.14.2021 Dear dad, Reading and listening to the Gospel passage today, it seems just like another one of Jesus’ miracles. This healing of the leper is from the first chapter of Mark so very early on in the public ministry of Jesus. I say it seems like just another one of Jesus’ miracles because leprosy […]
Better to die a slave?
2.3.2021 Dear dad, Yesterday was my consecration day. I started the 33-day Consecration to St. Joseph on January 1, and it carried me through the month of January, honestly. It gave me something to look forward to each day. This year is the year of St. Joseph, dedicated by the Church on December 8th, and […]
In[sense].
1.14.2021 Dad, I wanted to have a post ready for the new year. This is that. Just a bit late. The thing is there is so much fuss, both good energy and poor, surrounding the turn of the year, and maybe rightly so. Especially the turn from 2020 to 2021. I didn’t want to take […]
Phase 2020.
12.27.2020 Dear dad, I think this year may have been my favorite Christmas. Or at least one of the best in a long time. Maybe that sounds crazy or impossible in a year ravaged by a pandemic. I know there has been so much loss and heartache. I do not intend at all to dismiss […]
What was I scared of?
12.11.2020 Dear dad, I didn’t see you. Mom asked me if I wanted to. I said no. I was scared. I was scared of you. I was scared of me. What would happen to me seeing your lifeless body when seeing your body become lifeless had threatened to ruin everything inside of me? Your voice […]
I’m a savage.
11.28.2020 Dad, Mom and I went out shopping this morning to support Small Business Saturday. She was looking around in a couple stores in Downtown Frankfort, and I wanted to walk over to the trail by the pond. It was a sunny, crisp morning. The water in the pond was lazily brushing up onto the […]
5v5 brings out the worst in us.
11.13.2020 Dad, We played a five versus five tournament at training last night. With the rest of the season postponed until the spring, we don’t have any games to prepare for, so training has been mostly technical activities and small games to goal. After the fall season was over in college, we often would do […]