I prefer true over happy now.

Our stories are what we have,” Our Good Mother says. “Our stories preserve us. we give them to one another. Our stories have value. Do you understand?

What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift, homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as a lit breath, seeking the divine. It persists.

Try to think of writing as a gift - more complexly put: it is the curse and the cure.

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

When you're in the world looking for only one thing, you find it or it finds you. The obsession can be mutual

My childhood was marked by the great fear of nuclear holocaust. We practiced our Civil Defense Drills, lining up in hallways, curled to the floor, but we knew we'd die or, worse, survive only to suffer radiation and slow death.