It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
The secret to success, to parenting, to life, is to not count up the cost. Don’t focus on all the steps it will take. Don’t stare into the abyss at the giant leap it will take. That view will keep you from taking the next small step.
My daughter had carried within her a story that kept hurting her: Her dad abandoned her. She started telling herself a new story. Her dad had done the best he could. He wasn’t capable of giving more. It had nothing to do with her. She could no longer take it personally.
Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.
Baking happens with ingredients that last for months and come to life inside a warm oven. Baking is slow and leisurely.
Choas will come, calm will follow, and then it will start up all over again. The secret is to savor the ride.
Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
God never gives us more than what we can carry.
Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.
Pope Francis is not only changing the face of the Catholic Church, he’s challenging us to be the face of God in the world by seeing the face of God in the person we least expect to see it, including the person in the mirror.
For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I’m Irish and Slovak. It’s just so ingrained in us.
The idea of being stuck in a plane with dozens of people chatting over each other on their phones might feel like Dante’s 10th circle of hell.
Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.
If you’re lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.
If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
God isn’t present in the past or future. The great ‘I Am’ is in the present moment. When I claim that presence, I can get through anything today.
Family is more than DNA, more than who we used to be, more than we can imagine we will become.
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
A book store is a treasure chest. Every time you walk in one, you strike gold.