I pulled out my winter coat yesterday and discovered a familiar surprise. My hand brushed against it as I rooted around my pocket for a glove. It had been eight months since I'd worn that coat so I was kind of curious what I'd find. To-do list? Receipt? Thank-you note I'd forgotten to mail? Happily, [...]
I stepped back into my childhood a few weeks ago and I didn't do it alone. Just as I rounded my grade school stairs, I spotted three of my old friends standing at the top -- Carol, Jeannie and Ann. We'd all come to St. Therese for a final walk-through of the building, which is [...]
The first time my husband Vince visited Sisti's Tavern in Colver, PA he came home sweating Jim Beam. We were seniors in college then, and I had brought him east to meet my grandparents, the formidable Jay and Micky Kostelnik. They greeted us from their front porch and fed us an enormous meal of veal [...]
I found a basket of memories yesterday, and I sat on the closet floor and enjoyed them for a while. Time stood still, and then pleasantly rolled backwards as I sifted through sports buttons from all those frantic years of active parenting. All four of my kids played on teams with varying degrees of talent [...]
Yesterday, I wore my grandmother’s lapel pin. It served as an excellent pick-me-up, both for my mood and my outfit. I thought about my elegant Grandma as I accepted compliments on the pin throughout the day. I have a celestial theory that is all my own. I believe memories enhance the divine experience of those [...]