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5/11/2024 Email

Nell Irby only ever wanted to be one thing – a mother. She achieved that goal, and fortunately, she was my mother. She was many other things, of course…wife, teacher, soprano in the church choir, bridge player, community volunteer, but the thing she was most confident in was that she was a good mother. (I...

5/3/2024 Email

Earlier this week, Msgr. Thomas Shreve passed away after a period of illness and declining health. With permission, I have borrowed what St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond posted to its Facebook page the day he passed. Msgr. Thomas Shreve died this morning. He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Joyce Russell on...

4/27/2024 Email

In 2008, Prevent Child Abuse America introduced the blue pinwheel as a national symbol for child abuse prevention. The pinwheel is meant to represent frivolity, joy, and fun – and it serves as a physical reminder of the childhood we wish for all our children. Pinwheel gardens bloom each April as we commemorate Child Abuse...

4/20/2024 Email

Last August, I wrote an email with the subject line “Roots and Wings,” and in it I included a quote that was meaningful to me about raising children. At that time, I was sending my daughter off for her first year of college. A few weeks after sending that email, a thoughtful reader sent me...

4/13/2024 Email

My mommy asked me to write her email this week for a couple of reasons. First, she thought you might like to see me in my eclipse glasses. I didn’t like wearing them, but I posed for her just because she’s my mom, and she gave me a treat. My mommy asked me to write...

4/6/2024 Email

Maybe it is just because I have had some time off, but I have been paying especially close attention to the news this week. It’s not good. The truth is, it hasn’t been good for some time now. Ukraine, Israel/Gaza, Haiti…I know there are other places, too, where peace seems elusive. I feel guilty that...

3/30/2024 Email

Often, when the term “Changing of the Guard” is used, it is in reference to those who stand watch over Buckingham Palace, headquarters of the British royal family in London. On my recent vacation to that great city, my family joined the throngs of people on a dreary Monday morning to witness the event. The...

3/23/2024 Email

Sometimes people ask me how I go about writing my weekly correspondence to you. Do I stockpile ideas? Do I have several essays written in advance, so I don’t write every week? Do I compose the email early in the week so my wonderful start member (who would appreciate remaining nameless) can sign off early...

3/16/2024 Email

I started to become suspicious last Friday morning when my parents started packing up my food, my medicine, and my favorite toy. Then, I knew something was up when my mommy snuggled with me for an extra long time before she left for work, and I realized…my family was going on vacation. And they weren’t...

3/9/2024 Email

I prefer to not leave my house before 7 a.m. Ever. Unless I know that it will be worth it. Yesterday, it was. I traveled to Portsmouth Catholic Regional School to their Supporters Breakfast and Circle of Saints Ceremony, where I ran into old friends and met new ones. The program itself was jam-packed, with...

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