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The next right thing

The next right thing

Panicked, frightened, confused, and furious, I called my Al-Anon sponsor. My sixteen-year-old daughter had just stormed out of the house in a rage. I don’t remember the inciting incident. I just remember what I felt: worry, anger, fear, and everything in between.  An...
Small Resurrections

Small Resurrections

Five years ago, in 2016, while living in Beni, DRC, I wrote the following reflection. As I reread it recently, I realized I’ve neglected to look for small resurrections this past year. It’s time to open my eyes and my heart again. On Good Friday I began rereading Nora...
Miracle in the Doing

Miracle in the Doing

It had not been an easy week. Competing needs crowded me like mad shoppers on black Friday, jostling and tugging, refusing to queue up or take a number for service.   Then my computer, which had been suffering some maladies for the previous three months,...