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Good Things Happen. Love is Real. We Will Be Ok. These three statements make up a mantra, which encapsulates my relationship with my wife. We come back to this mantra during challenging times in our relationship and individually. It’s become a tether which brings us back to earth, back to each other if one findsContinue reading “Good Things Happen. Love is Real. We Will Be Ok.”

“Essential” is a word that I have mixed feelings about. Certainly some things are more important than others, but that is based on a set of values or criteria. When it comes to the pandemic, essential workers are people like grocers and health care workers, which is understandable. When it comes to a thought, it’sContinue reading “What is “Essential?””

I’ll never forget that saying, “No pain, no gain.” As I hear someone saying that, I immediately think of Arnold Schwarzenneger yelling at someone lifting weights at Gold’s Gym. There’s no progress without feeling the pains of the process, moments of failure and doubt, but in the end, triumph and success. The cedar boxes wereContinue reading “Feeling the Grain”

It’s hard to believe that I’m going to be married in less than four months. As exciting as it’s been preparing for marriage during this time of engagement, there have been moments of stress that have crept along the way. What people don’t talk enough about when getting engaged is that this is a timeContinue reading “Growing Together”

Two weeks ago, my fiancée and I were invited to have dinner with some friends from our young adult community. It was our second time going over at their place, the last we visited being Friendsgiving. This time, it was interesting to see their place without thirty or so young adults filling every conceivable spaceContinue reading “Table Time is a Sacred Time”

“There’s no place like home!” I loved hearing that quote growing up and it certainly held true for my own home. Whether it coming from home school or work, the minute I walked through the door, dropped my things on the floor and plopped my self on the living room couch, I knew that momentContinue reading “Sacred Spaces”

Look at that color! I love the vibrancy in this photo, one that I took with my new digital camera early this year. A quote that I came across and is resurfacing again is from an acclaimed author Anton Chekhov, “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on brokenContinue reading “Show Me Don’t Tell Me”

Quite an interesting title huh? Above is photo of some School Sisters of Notre Dame, the religious congregation I work for. Yesterday, I decided to attend a funeral for one of the sisters that passes away, one whom was recently moved to another healthcare facility in New York. Funerals are never an occasion to beContinue reading “Tears of Solidarity”

“The higher we go, the better we shall hear the voice of Christ.” This quote was said by a Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a well-known figure among youth in the Catholic community. Frassati today is heralded as a patron for the youth. One thing that intrigued me about this individual is that he is aContinue reading “The Higher We Go”