Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
God never gives us more than what we can carry.
For me, being Catholic was who I was and who I am, just like I'm Irish and Slovak. It's just so ingrained in us.
God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
Some people hate funerals. I find them comforting. They hit the pause button on life and remind us that it has an end. Every eulogy reminds me to deepen my dash, that place on the tombstone between our birth and our death.