Vignettes: Gratitude in Central Park, NYC
The sun was dappling through the trees in Central Park, and sparkled on the waters of the pond. Families were spread out on picnic blankets enjoying the warm spring day. Couples sauntered hand in hand,...
View ArticleVignettes: Two Cellos
Hayden and Vivaldi performed in the same program? Music for two cellos? I wasn’t so sure about Hayden (I am not very familiar with his work), but Vivaldi will be forever connected in my mind with his...
View ArticleVignettes: Angie’s Wedding
Angie is the last of my nieces to be married. She is a strikingly beautiful girl: tall and willowy with an ivory complexion and dark features framed by long dark hair. Since graduating from college...
View ArticleVignettes: Giulio’s Wedding
Imagine a movie set in a sunny Mediterranean country: imagine Italy. Imagine a small quiet town nestled at the feet of a range of mountains; imagine Aviano. Imagine a warm sunny day, picture perfect...
View ArticleVignettes: Young Grief
He wore a bright apple green tee shirt. He was probably about 10 years old, slight in build with mid brown hair. His shoulders were hunched and he clung to his mother’s hand as they came into the...
View ArticleVignette: Mother-Son Love
Today we celebrated yet another funeral in my parish. I use the word celebrate because in the Catholic faith we chose to say a Mass of the Resurrection in celebration of the deceased being...
View ArticleVignette: Remembering Cindy
I managed to drag myself out of bed at 5.45am today. I am not an easy morning person. Once I am up and get going then I am okay. It’s the clawing my way up out of sleep and letting go of the...
View ArticleVignettes: Signor Ludovic’s Story
I practiced as a massage therapist in Italy for about seven years. I came to Signor Ludovic via a local parish priest, Don Rafaele. My husband and I would occasionally go to the little Italian church...
View ArticleVignettes: The Spirit In Publix Supermarket
A couple of months ago I was part of a team putting on a women’s retreat. We had come together on the Friday evening to do the set up and preparation for the weekend. There was a lot of physical work...
View ArticleVignettes: My Kingdom
Dad’s back yard was his pride and joy. Actually, his whole garden was good reason for him to be proud. I’m referring now to the garden of the prefab house that I associate with my young childhood –...
View ArticleVignettes: Night Of Joy
For six years I have attended Night of Joy at one of the Disney Theme Parks. For those of you who do not know what Night of Joy is, let me inform you. There are actually two nights that are spanned by...
View ArticleVignettes: Dad And Son In The Labyrinth
I know I have already done a posting about my last experience with the labyrinth in St. Augustine. However, I feel called to write another posting because I keep thinking about two of the people who...
View ArticleVignette: The Young Fan
I have been getting my notes together to write up several posts as promised in my last article. However, before I write those posts I need to write a small vignette that I experienced a week ago. My...
View ArticleVignette: Another Concert Story
On May 30th I wrote a posting titled Vignette- The Young Fan. There was another story to write about another young fan which I almost included in that previous posting. But then I realized that it...
View ArticleVignette: Paula in Minnesota
In my previous posting God’s Creation-Minnesota, I mentioned that through the trees on Greg and Sherry’s property you could barely make out two other houses – their neighbors. Connie and Joe live in...
View ArticleVignette: Prayers in a Parking Lot
On the second day of our retirement ride, Rich and I had a very unique experience. We were some where in Tennessee having left Marietta, GA on the Tuesday morning and we were headed toward Paducah,...
View ArticleVignette: Lunch At Arby’s
After our four enjoyable days with our friends Sherry and Greg in Minnesota, Rich and I loaded up the Harley and set off on the next leg of our adventure. We headed west from Brainerd toward North...
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