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Category: Mother

  • More than a prayer, Hail Mary is a relationship

    Not all relationships get off to a good start.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      That was my relationship with Mary, our Blessed Mother. She was ever virgin, ever holy and, seemingly through religious art, ever young – about as far away as possible from whom I saw myself to be as a woman, wife and mother, especially as I…

  • A small thank-you can make a big difference!

    During my visit to North Carolina for my granddaughter’s third birthday I had the chance to sit in the upstairs gallery of the gymnastic studio and watch this petite whirlwind and her classmates run, climb, tumble and spin their way to pure enjoyment. At several points during the class, when the instructor had assisted my…

  • Sorrow lifts when we surrender our memories to God

    Recently, during an extended time at home recuperating from a medical procedure, I whiled away a Sunday afternoon watching a marathon of Mario Lanza movies. I grew up with Mario Lanza, the renowned American actor, tenor and opera singer who was known as one of the great romantic performers of his time, because my mother,…

  • Becoming my mother’s daughter

    For many years, February was a difficult month for me after the death of my parents. My father died on February 15 and my mother’s birthday is February 27. For years their loss cast a pall over the month. I missed them terribly, but time has changed things. I see my father often in the…