History, Real Life, and Faith
My mother got her first passport as a newborn and left her homeland at six-weeks old. Her father was a “swallow,” a Sicilian man who left his family behind while he went to the new world to earn money for what they hoped would be a better future. Antonio first came to America in 1908 to lay the brick streets…
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We all found passion in 2010 Italy. While visiting our godson in Rome, we were treated to the “best gelateria” in the Eternal City. Located just a couple blocks north of the Pantheon, Giolitti sold gelato, candy and other Italian treats. Devin, who worked for the UN, waved to a bank of gelato flavors–more than 100–and advised us to select…
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Have you seen Les Miz? Do you know the stories, the quotes, from the actual book? “People are ignorant of things they ought to know, and know things of which they ought to be ignorant. They are crude and impious.” ~Victor Hugo, Les Miserables What to make of the stage and film productions of Les Miserables? I’ve pondered that question…
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6 Things to pray about in the middle of the night.
Fear, travel, and children often go together. My son was slated to leave at 6 the next January morning to drive from Seattle to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In my northern California home, I could not sleep. I kept thinking about the frigid conditions in eastern Washington and Montana he’d drive through: projected high four degrees, possible snow. He wasn’t used…
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A wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, once prompted thoughts on character. As in my character. On Sunday morning, I went in search of church. My first thought was the Catholic Church directly across the street from our Hard Rock resort. I’ve done well over the years in foreign lands by attending Mass. I usually can follow what the service and…
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