Herds of elephants are quieter. Between the stomping of boots to get the snow off, the nylon rustle of the winter coats, the not-so-whispered discussions, by the time we got our gear off and settled down in the pew, several sets of eyes had darted in our direction. I’m sure my fellow parishioners were just […]
Month: March 2021
You have the perfect body
I’ve been actively trying to lose weight for over a year and one of the tools I use to keep me motivated is being part of weight loss communities on social media. It’s not uncommon for someone there to share the weight tracking graph to show their progress or post their “stats” of starting weight, […]
Longing for Perfection
I remember that Mass on March 15, 2020. The world was starting to close in. An illness that had been somewhere else and someone else’s problem was closing in on us. Areas were closing down. Awareness had become nervousness. Nervousness was becoming panic. It was all beginning to feel so real. The blood of Christ […]
The Perfect Love
He eases himself off the chair and she waits, poised to steady him if he needs. She helps him into his coat and waits patiently as he insists on zipping it up himself. She stays behind him as they go out the door into the strong, cold wind and slows her strides so as not […]