Nov 6, 2011 | Moments of Grace
An email I will long remember greeted me early this morning, coming into focus just as my sleepy eyes adjusted to the dawn. It was from my friend Pam, a kindred spirit who finds it as phenomenal as I do that feathers appear so pointedly in my life just when I need a...
Oct 25, 2011 | Moments of Grace
And then there are the days you just march through, knowing you have been greatly blessed, but not exactly seeing the evidence. Or, maybe, being so frantically busy as to not even look for it. These were my thoughts as I made my drive home from a long, exhausting...
Oct 14, 2011 | Moments of Grace
I think this kitchen has gotten used to it, the dusky quiet that settles in this house come nightfall. It’s peaceful. Gentle, even—a rather nice way to ease out of days filled with too much work and too little time to get it done. I have adjusted, too, I...
Oct 12, 2011 | Moments of Grace
Who knew one little tweet could make your heart soar? But that’s just what happened to me, this afternoon. Here’s the tweet: As you can see, it is to me (@cathymonetti) from my hero, Maria Shriver (@mariashriver). She was...
Sep 14, 2011 | Moments of Grace
I know that our lives are meant to be a series of lessons, one after the other. Sometimes they unfold slowly, obscured by the dailiness of it all. Other times they’re put squarely in your path. That’s what happened to me one morning this summer, as I rushed to get to...
