During this time of social distancing, as we wear masks and stay away from people we love, it’s important to remember that we are doing this because life matters. Because love matters.

Do you see faces in food? It happens to me all the time.

St. Rita is patron of several things, including parenthood and marriage difficulties, but what she’s best known for—and perhaps most needed for today—is impossible causes.

I started thinking about unexpected questions that only seem to come up when you’ve been living under stay-at-home orders for weeks on end.

Heartbreaking as this experience is for the Class of 2020—and it is—I also find the Class of 2020 intriguing and inspiring.

I finally got my hands on some years, and I made homemade pizza this week.

What if carving out a few minutes every day to look back on the day with gratitude weren’t a requirement, but a special gift to yourself?

God is love. He loved us first – and loves us forever. He knows us best, seeing deep within us to all we are and all we can be. He sees us and loves us fully. He holds us – and the past, present and future – in his hands.

Maybe it’s time to start a list of quarantine discoveries.

When I think of the mother I want to be, I think of many women in my life who have inspired me—and continue to.