Be kind.
It sounds simple enough, but the impact of it can be so overlooked.
Really, that’s all it takes. Just be kind. Be friendly, generous, compassionate. See the people you encounter as gifts in your day, and be kind to them.
Last week a friend sent me a link to a blog post that reminded me of this...
In 2010, I trained for the Chicago Marathon, and it remains one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, physically and mentally. For months I was exhausted, at times frustrated; I was nervous, excited, worried, and exhilarated.
Midway through my training program, I was feeling especially tired and...
It’s been about six week since my grandfather died, and little by little, I’ve been finding some peace.
The night I received the phone call from my mom, though, I felt a sense of panic that I wasn’t used to. It wasn’t grief initially, but fear. I was gripped with near-terror over...
This week in one of our planning meetings for St. Anthony Messenger magazine, we engaged in an interesting discussion about gender roles, stemming from a mention of the recent Steubenville rape case.
Gender has been in the news a lot lately, as Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg promotes (and defends) her...
The snow has been falling steadily for hours, swirling about the gray sky and coating the trees and grass with a layer of white that belies the fact that it’s the first week of spring.
It’s not atypical for late March in Cincinnati, where Opening Day might be followed by 2 inches of snow.
What’s not...
