Here’s a shout-out to all the women in my life on Mother’s Day, starting with my mother and aunts and daughter and daughters-in-law and extending to friends far and near—both “actual” mothers and those who are mothers in a spiritual sense: “A woman of valor who can find? Far beyond pearls is her value.” “Woman […]
PATIENCE: A VIRTUE WORTH PRACTICING
“Patience is a virtue . . . you get it from your kids.” “God give me patience . . . and I want it now!” We laugh about patience, joke about it even, but how many of us work at getting it? We treat it as though it’s something one is born with, and […]

