I woke up this morning immediately wanting to write and now I am at a loss for how to begin. It is 6:30am and I couldn't sleep so I perused my social media sites (which I'm not very good at keeping track of in full disclosure) and I hit on Twitter. I never read through [...]
Time has not been my friend. Only 28 days have passed since Dad's last breath and yet I feel as if I've lived through months of emotional turmoil where the days are excruciatingly slow. From the date of Dad's memorial service (January 4th), his sister, my Aunt Dee, was buried exactly one week later. To [...]
It might be too soon for me to try and do this...however, it seems to be the one thing I can do to get out of my head. These past three months (exactly three months to the date fyi) and especially these past six days have threatened to push me to the edge. I've been [...]
Dad's cancer is vicious and rapid. When first diagnosed within the first two weeks we were graced with time alone together he had said to me, "This is growing fast, Shannon, I can feel it." Regardless, Dad wanted to play the odds. He went to MDAnderson and heard that he had a 90% chance of [...]
In full disclosure, because I have been so preoccupied with my father's heath, my own immediate family's health issues, and the survivor's I'm seeing in the ministry, I was not exactly excited to be leaving it all to go spend three days in prison. Well, I mean, who wants to go to prison? ;) As [...]
I've sat down to write this post at least five times in the past week. It's not every day you find out a loved one has terminal cancer. It is not normal to have the time to spend with them one on one the way I have with my father. Dad's lunch group. [...]
I know I should be commenting on the Kavanaugh situation (and I have been watching and keeping up with it) but, once again, LIFE has thrown something my way that is simply more important. Last week my father has been diagnosed with Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. We are still waiting on the pathology [...]
Victorious, Venerated and Valued The meaning of my charm has always held a place close to my heart but last night it all came to fruition. For those who didn’t realize the HHM charm is created of 3 M’s and 3 V’s that each make a heart that join together to form the symbol of [...]
This past week has been very difficult for me in regards to the magnitude of revelation of abuse by priests in Philadelphia. As you all know, I am a Catholic, and I love my faith. Some might even consider me 'charismatic' (and I think many who aren't Catholic are quite surprised that I know and [...]
I woke up this morning, from a restless sleep, having the oddest feeling I am falling short. From what, you might ask. And that I can't answer. Later, in the car, I heard this new song by Francesca Battistelli "The Breakup Song" and fell in love with the tune and the words. https://youtu.be/H0wpP5o7xpI Little [...]
