The Lily's One Day and Your One Life - Blessed Is She

The Lily's One Day and Your One Life

“God created the pink ones because He knows it’s your favorite color,” I whispered to my daughter before she twirled amongst the flowers. We were visiting our local botanical gardens...
September 24, 2020
The One I Apologize to a Lot - Blessed Is She

The One I Apologize to a Lot

Marriage has taught me the art of a humble, sincere apology. Even more, the art of humble, sincere forgiveness. Not many people require my endless forgiveness or my endless repentance....
August 13, 2020
Have You Also Been Burned? - Blessed Is She

Have You Also Been Burned?

He brings it up again during Adoration. The nudge, the call. Jesus has been tenderly stoking a near-absent fire in my heart. It once blazed, providing warmth and light, releasing...
July 04, 2020
Jesus Is Still Changing Me - Blessed Is She

Jesus Is Still Changing Me

Truly encountering Jesus in the Eucharist leaves one changed. It left me changed. A lifelong Catholic, I first encountered Christ in the Eucharist, as a Person, when I was sixteen....
June 14, 2020
The Divided Nation of My Heart - Blessed Is She

The Divided Nation of My Heart

The cranked-up bass matched the thumping in my head. Two strangers too-comfortably flanked me as my friends passed red solo cups between them across the room. The haze of cigarette...
April 04, 2020