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How to slow the turning

December 31, 2018 · Filed Under: faith, People · Tagged With: faith, family, friends

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I lay on my mat after a steamy and exhausting yoga practice on the last day of the year. The day had started with a stressful phone call ensuring that stress would follow me into the new year, and after an hour of exertion my mind had finally stopped racing.  I disobeyed the teacher’s guidanceContinue reading >>

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Ignatius and me in Barcelona: Companionship, reliance and faith

July 19, 2018 · Filed Under: faith, Health, Places · Tagged With: Barcelona, crohn's, family, friends, ignatius, pilgrimage, travel

He was afraid that if he had a companion with him, he would lose some of that supreme trust in God, deflecting it onto his companion. – Pedro de Ribadeneira, writing of Ignatius’s travel from Manresa to Barcelona en route to the Holy Land, in The Life of Ignatius Loyola At a certain point inContinue reading >>

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Born in Drive

July 18, 2017 · Filed Under: Places · Tagged With: family, friends, Sicily, travel

My mother describes me as having been “born in drive”. Apparently on the first day of some toddler play group I became so excited by the promise of meeting new friends that I ran into the room screaming “Come on new friends, let’s go!” I like to be in motion, working on projects, accomplishing things.Continue reading >>

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In a certain light

June 30, 2017 · Filed Under: faith, People, Places · Tagged With: family, friends, Scala dei Turchi, Sicily, travel

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Behold God beholding you…and smiling. – Anthony de Mello, SJ We probably would have taken tons of pictures of Scala dei Turchi even if we hadn’t been there during the most beautiful hour just before twilight. Scala dei Turchi literally means “stair of the Turks”, and is a striking mass of limestone that juts intoContinue reading >>

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Gentle with her

May 24, 2017 · Filed Under: Health, music, People, Places · Tagged With: Assisi, crohn's, family, friends, singing, travel, yoga

You Are Loved Mural

Maggie was my yoga teacher the summer I was sickest. Young and healthy, kind without being showy about it, she is a memorable character from that time of trying to hold together what was falling apart. I’d already stopped running because illness had made me too frail. The constant pain and pressure in my intestinesContinue reading >>

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