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Holes in a wooden door
Today I lost it when I noticed the holes in the back of the bathroom door from where calendars once hung. Tears, sobs, collapse. You see, my extremely busy, extremely committed and extremely efficient mother always hung calendars there, filled with activities and occasions always displayed there. Even in that intimate setting she was juggling…
“We don’t have sisters, Jo Ann…”
About a month ago my good, old friend said to me, “We don’t have sisters, Jo Ann. We need people at different phases of life”! That was when I was in the middle of a battle royale with an infection that started in a failed root canalled tooth and spread to my face and neck.…
You see me, you really see me!
Usually I don’t plan out or edit my blogs. This time what I want to write about requires some explanation so I’ve had to think this through. I don’t share this preface to make anyone feel sorry for me or to martyr myself. But, rather, to demonstrate how incredible actions of incredible cousins gave me…
Why is talking about Church so complicated? Saving our ceiling one plate at a time…
Talking about Church shouldn’t be so complicated. But it is. I was born and raised Catholic, in a predominantly Catholic town. I have found both joy and community in my Church. It has been a place of refuge; a place of encouragement; a place of comfort; a place of learning; a place of social justice;…
Happy Birthday Mary (Minnie) aka Grandma Allan C!
It’s been a minute since I’ve written a blog. Life is messy and chaotic and busy these days which doesn’t exactly lend itself to time for …well anything, really, least of all reflection. But today I was sitting at mass with Mom, looking around the Cathedral I was raised in and found myself waxing poetic…
Missing You
Sometimes I talk to my Mom; my old Mom; my fierce and fabulous, social justice warrior Mom. She listens to me talk all about work and the clients I’ve interacted with. She gives me tips and tricks of how to deal with difficult people. She asks about my colleagues; if Sara is liking her new…
I’d like you to meet my Godbrother Sean…
You may have been able to tell from reading this blog over the last few years (I know, I know, inconsistently written) that I love politics!! I grew up in a household that encouraged policy discourse, active participation in all aspects of government and lively debate! I’ve been involved with politics my whole life! I…
Goodbye and good luck, Mary Farrell
I saw Mary Farrell’s post about not reoffering for next month’s municipal election and I’ve been trying to wrap my head around why it bothers me so much. Cause it does. Mary Farrell is someone I didn’t know at all until the last few years. I loved her Mom who was like a Mama hen…
Follow up to today’s blog post…
So I have to write a quick follow up. A colleague sent me a note saying, I’m confused, I thought you had a daughter named Taylor! I had a good chuckle and then replied, you’re right, I do! I didn’t forget about her in my Mother’s Day blog; Not in any way shape or form.…
Mother’s Day Pity Party for One
Mother’s Day is complicated. I always wanted to be a mother. But, like most things in my life, I expected I would never be afforded the opportunity so I would pretend I never wanted them; to protect myself from the hurt when they never came. I had a friend in high school who once joked…
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