Sunday Stride – St. Aloysius Gonzaga, pray for us.
June 21st is the Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga. This image is of a statue of Aloysius near the front entrance of my school. In most...
June 20, 2020
Sunday Stride – Because He liked us.
One thing we started recently was family dinners. Pre-covid, we often got home too late and the boys were too hungry to sit and eat together....
June 13, 2020
Sunday Stride – “I’m sorry, but…”
There are two phrases that drive me crazy when I hear them come out of my kids’ mouths: “I’m sorry but…”⠀ “It’s not my mess, mom,...
June 6, 2020
Sunday Stride – I miss the sea of red.
Every school year, Jesuit schools around the world start with the Mass of the Holy Spirit. It is, by far, my favorite mass of the school...
May 30, 2020
Sunday Stride – Pancakes and the Ascension
I have convinced myself I can’t do certain things. For example, I can’t make pancakes. I’m 100% terrible at it. I mix up the batter well...
May 23, 2020
Sunday Stride – Come, Holy Spirit.
When the days began to look and feel the same about five weeks into quarantine, I started to lose inspiration. In my job and in my...
May 16, 2020
Sunday Stride – The Complexity of Motherhood
When I was a kid, I had a very simple vision of motherhood. I imagined all my childhood friends and I growing up and having kids...
May 9, 2020
Sunday Stride – There is nothing I shall want… really?!
I am a complainer. I realized this (not for the first time) earlier this week when I noticed that once again the only thing I was...
May 2, 2020
Sunday Stride – Be Astonished
There’s a new world opening up to my boys a little earlier than I thought. The world of FaceTime. I mean, sure they’ve been on FaceTime...
April 11, 2020
Sunday Stride – What Remains
The room was dark except for a lone candle lit at the front. Next to the candle was a basket and in the basket was a...
April 4, 2020