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 […]
Mama i’m adopted!
4.29.21 Dear dad, I don’t have a lot of memories from my youngest days, but the few are vivid. And I know you remember this one too because mom had told me how you fought her on it and dreaded doing it. Dare I even recall it into existence? Yes. The sex talk with Adam. […]
The prodigal daughter.
5.25.21 Dear dad, Adam and I have had our differences over the years. I think I ought to thank him for the ultra-competitiveness I have come to embody, that which spurred on all of my athletic pursuits. All I wanted when we were young was to be as good as the boys. That’s a lie. […]
He knew me before He knew me.
4.9.2021 Dear dad, You knew me before you knew me. Before that afternoon on the 13th of October when you held me for the first time in your arms, you knew me. You watched me form in mom’s womb for a whole nine months. But even before that, you knew me. You knew me in […]
Good-bye for now.
4.1.2021 Dear dad, What if you knew you were going to die? What if you were told three days before? Only you knew. Would you have told us? Would you have kept it to yourself? Would you have told mom? You loved each other unlike anything or anyone else. You were made one in an […]
A master’s daughter or the Father’s daughter?
2.17.2021 Dear dad, We learn history in school right. The sequence of events, changes in culture, technological advances, progress, and growth of peoples and nations. How should we determine what is important? There is so much to know. Are we really learning the story of humanity? Do I understand history as part of my story? […]
Lauren of Samaria.
3.14.2021 Dear dad, My heart is racing. I asked that this Lent be different. Well, I think I’m getting it. And it’s not just missing coffee. “My heart is swollen with fear and wonder; it can tell me nothing except I’m standing on holy ground.” [Nicodemus, The Chosen] In today’s Gospel reading [Year B; John […]
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 […]