Category: Affirmations

Words for 2021: What’s Yours?

In 2020, my word was TRUST… and I could have never guessed how much I would need it, from the challenges we all faced–covid, the lack of respectful dialogue in our country–to personal challenges including a bad fall on my front teeth. (Trust, good dental care, and loving friends got me through that one.) This… Continue reading Words for 2021: What’s Yours?

2020: Your Words

Congrats to Sister Jane of New Jersey, who won a random drawing for a $20.20 Amazon gift card. Here’s what Sister Jane said about why CONFIDENCE is her word for 2020: “I opened my reflection book, HE AND I, to the word that Jesus gave Gabrielle for one year, and took that. It’s CONFIDENCE, which… Continue reading 2020: Your Words

Be Present

An occasional series based on stuff that hangs in my room… or my heart. I was in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood, a once working class area gone arty that still retains its grit (and the charm that “Charm City” sometimes sadly lacks). A cousin’s daughter was nearing the end of her Johns Hopkins days, and my… Continue reading Be Present