We're Going on a Bear Hunt was one of my favorite books as a kid. A rather adventurous (dare I say reckless?) father and his four young...

As I'm writing this, I'm hours away from departing for a two-week pilgrimage to France. And when this is scheduled to post, barring...

Hi, my name is Emma and I'm a people pleaser. Hi, Emma. (I'm not sure at what point in the meeting we join hands in a circle and raise...

I'll never forget the look on her face. I'd just arrived to a party and was milling about, hoping to spot someone I knew. Soon, I turned...

There's nothing like reunions to warm the heart. Nothing like returning to the embrace of old friends, walking through the front doors of...

The best fortune from a fortune cookie I've ever seen (which wasn't actually a fortune, but are they ever these days?) is one an old...

I know this probably makes me a heretic, I began, but I'm pretty sure God loves me more than anyone else in the world. My kindly...

I was closing the blinds at 9 pm the day after my dad died when I heard a faint knock at the door. When I opened it, a lovely young woman...

Two years ago, I was preparing to leave the world and enter the convent. My heart was full to bursting with hope and wonder and promise....

I was sitting in my pew waiting for daily Mass to begin when they came in: an elderly husband and wife, shuffling slowly and carefully...