I can’t remember the first time I heard the Jesuit catchphrase “Finding God in All Things”, but I am pretty sure it was during or after college. I’m not sure anyone in my house growing up would have known a Jesuit from a jelly sandwich; I stumbled into Jesuit education (as an experience and laterContinue reading >>
That marriage might make me holy
About four years ago I started to crack up. This isn’t that unusual for me, as I find myself “grieving over Goldengrove unleaving” during October, but that year was different. And I could be excused for the number of tears I shed, since I was struggling with a soon-to-be-diagnoses chronic illness, and was settling intoContinue reading >>
When the world was big
The year before our wedding saw two international trips, a new home (and two moves into it), three hospitalizations, two surgeries, and one new job. So I hope it is understandable that we had not desire to prepare an elaborate adventure just after four wedding, preferring to find a cottage on a beach at someContinue reading >>
All the ways we shimmer
Why does it take so long to figure out what is good for us? Why are we in our 20s before we realize that greasy pizza makes us feel yucky the next day, or that too much coffee makes us jittery? Why do we reject the feedback our bodies give us regarding all-nighters? Why doContinue reading >>
Why we ruined our wedding pictures
“Honey,” I said a few months before the wedding, “everyone says that we should make lists of our priorities for the wedding so that we know what the each other’s non-negotiables are.” There had been no disagreements thusfar, and we were committed to a simple celebration without most of the bells and whistles that haveContinue reading >>
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