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Melanie Rigney is the author of Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century and other Catholic books. She is a contributor to Living Faith and other Catholic blogs. She lives in Arlington, Virginia. Melanie also owns Editor for You, a publishing consultancy that since 2003 has helped hundreds of writers, publishers, and agents.

Backing Away from the Van

Today used to be my wedding anniversary. My marriage officially ended in late October 2006 after 22 years, and unofficially ended

Published May 7, 2011
Categorized as Family, Friendship, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction

We Only Want to Know

My sister Maureen and I last night had our annual viewing of 1973’s Jesus Christ Superstar. We’ve been doing this for decades now on Holy Saturday or Easter Sunday (of

Published April 24, 2011
Categorized as Catholicism, Family, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Spirituality

The Pharisee in Their Midst

I got to Holy Thursday Mass at my church, St. Charles Borromeo, about ten minutes late. Three dear friends and I had had dinner first and, well, you know how it goes. There was

Published April 22, 2011
Categorized as Catholicism, Friendship, Lent, Life in the 50s, Memoir

Miracles

“Miracles appear in the strangest of places,” begins Yesterday’s Wine, my favorite song by Willie Nelson. Strange places, indeed. Oh, I’ve had some miracles occur in places you’d expect: a Catholic

Published April 16, 2011
Categorized as Catholicism, Friendship, Life in the 50s, Memoir, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Writing

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