Wednesday Wisdom: Opening the Heart This past weekend, my husband and I traveled to Palm Springs for my mother’s memorial mass. It was a goodbye to so many things–to the house where we shared so many meals, conversations and memories with my mother and father and family for almost thirty years. It was a goodbye…

Wednesday Wisdom: Sharing Our Journey of Loss and Love. This past Sunday, St. Ignatius Parish had a beautiful “Mass of Remembrance.” As I entered the church, my heart felt tender. This year, I would be remembering my mother, who had died a few weeks ago. I immediately went to the communal altar, and placed my…

Wednesday Wisdom: Sharing Our Human Experience. I have been sharing the news of my mother’s recent death with many people–extended family, friends, colleagues, people at church, as well as my yoga teacher, my spiritual director, and women in the locker room at the pool that I’ve known for years. There is such a community feeling…