Monday is not allowance day.

We had deadlines for allowance when I was a kid. Growing up, on Mondays, when I had forgot to ask for my allowance by the Sunday deadline, my prototypical Irish cum Midwestern America father would say, “Oh, sorry, you know you have to ask before the new week begins.” No matter how many noisy, 5-year-old [...]

She’s being abused.

I’m reeling tonight. Foreign feelings of anger, disgust, agony, frustration – having bizarre visions of holding a gun to a man’s head. I just found out that a friend I love very much is being beaten by someone in my family. He is beating her beautiful body with his fists, methodically placing the blows in [...]

Saying grace.

Did you ever say grace when you were a kid? Or, maybe you still do. I loved that ritual…I wonder why I ever stopped. See, when I was little, ever night before we ate dinner, we would start off making the sign of the cross (Holy Trinity and all that lot). We’d then say, “Thank [...]

A day in the life of my joy.

Today I don’t even know how to share the fullness of my heart. How do I begin to convey the sheer pleasure of a sunshiney, springtime day spent with friends in New York? Yes, I was working. I spent FOUR hours reviewing a presentation on audio systems for events. And yes, this review of audio [...]