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I wrote a thing

…And it was published by a legit source that a lot of people read and share and stuff. Beginning excerpt: The priest looked up at me. “It’s because you’re prideful,” he said, just like that—straightforward and blunt. His demeanor was friendly, though, and loving, as we sat there in the confessional. It wasn’t really aContinueContinue reading “I wrote a thing”

This 4ever? Pls?

“Why can’t it be summer forever?” my mom commented last night. True that. Last night our out-of-state cousins stopped by to eat gyros and drink lemonade and play Dixit until they had to leave. And then Danny and Tommy stopped by, probably our oldest friends since childhood, and Danny said, “Hey, can you do invertedContinueContinue reading “This 4ever? Pls?”

Morning glory

In the early mornings, as I run, I try to stop at every lilac bush, admire, insert my face into the petal-bunches, breathe deeply. Every bush is a work of grandiose glory. The buds on the clumps of dropping fragrance are slowly opening, slowly filling the air around us with the blessed scent of spring.ContinueContinue reading “Morning glory”

Sprangity Spring

I once saw a meme/ gif/ internet short that flipped through the seasons. The camera was focused on a group of trees, and they underwent spring and summer and fall and winter. I watched it a few times, and then I saw the caption. The caption was like, “Most people only see this around 80ContinueContinue reading “Sprangity Spring”

The Full and Nothin’ But The

I’ve been thinking about How they say that Water and oil don’t mix. I suppose that that is true, For I studied the property of their densities When I was still in middle school. But, I have also observed how oil and water Pool with each other In the gutter, off the curb, near myContinueContinue reading “The Full and Nothin’ But The”

This is love

There is an older man who goes to my tiny-church who is a dear friend of mine. Once, when I returned from an international trip, he found me at mass and whispered me a poem about ships on the ocean returning home, too. Once, in the middle of the winter, he gave me a CDContinueContinue reading “This is love”

That time I embarrassed myself in front of the Archbishop

You all know that I’m helping with an upcoming Archdiocesan Synod; or, if you didn’t know, now you do, I guess. In November, our Archdiocese will host a Synod, which will gather hundreds of folks to talk Jesus and church and stuff. Honestly, “helping” with the upcoming Synod kind of looks a lot like “noddingContinueContinue reading “That time I embarrassed myself in front of the Archbishop”

Hello, blog

I feel like my life is so, so, so many things right now that I’m having trouble sorting through all of them and focusing on any one of them for long enough to write a couple hundred words on it. So, instead, maybe I’ll just toss out ten minutes worth of brain-on-page and you canContinueContinue reading “Hello, blog”

Sister-circus

My sister went to circus class yesterday. And she rocked it. How good is circus?!?!? WAY TO GO, CEEBS!!!

Yo, I’ve been at a conference

I’m absolutely beat by the experience, even though it was good and informative and I got to talk to a million people which is kind of my goal on a given day. I just wanted to say: hey, I’m not dead and I have not given up this here blog. But, I am going toContinueContinue reading “Yo, I’ve been at a conference”