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2025 Grateful 35: Prayers and gaslighting
There was a time in my life when I volunteered a lot more than I do now. I fundraised. I sat on various committees. I
2025 Grateful 36: Obsessive fear
Eager to continue the tradition of attending a dawn mass on Easter Sunday, but not wanting to do the usual without mam, we headed to
2025 Grateful 37: Bags
Paper grocery bags are a very American thing. I saw it all the time on the telly. They come in from the grocery store with
2025 Grateful 38: Five years later
I woke up to this on Saturday morning. And smiled. Happy. It’s a lampshade. A hand-painted majolika piece from Hungary that I bought from a
2025 Grateful 39: Three women
I had a lovely note the other day from a good friend, JG in England. She sent a photo of flowers she had planted in
2025 Grateful 40: Incredulous and incredibly sad
When I read this email – and I read it from start to finish – I was both incredulous and incredibly sad. Incredulous that anyone
Pathways to healing
The first time I remember meeting Elmira Mezei was at her 50th birthday party. Her husband, my good friend, had invited me. I may have
2025 Grateful 41: Time and its tricks
Time has been playing tricks on me. I look back on this day year last year, 19 March 2024, when my world was shaken to
2025 Grateful 42: Age quod agis
When I was living in London in 2003, I picked up a book in a local church that detailed all London area masses. On Sundays,
2025 Grateful 43: Thoughts from someone’s hospital bed
Each day, I wake up and wonder if my news feed will tell me that the Pope is dead. Were I to believe the Prophecy
