grace

It’s a Saturday in September, and we’re moving my oldest son Aidan into Chicago on his 19th birthday....

get what you want

The alarm sounds at 4am, so we can begin the two-day road trip to our annual beach vacation...

The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell

This excerpt taken from The Unhiding of Elijah Campbell: A Novel by Kelly Flanagan. Copyright (c) 2022 by...

breakthrough

The house is quiet for the first time in eighteen months. Minutes earlier, all three of my kids...

new year's resolution

Resolution. The word is just so…oppressive. Instead, last year, I chose a focusing phrase for the year: “open-hearted...

social media

We’re in trouble. I’m not referring to the global pandemic, nor the prospect of new lockdowns in our...

bucket list

Two months of quarantine. And counting. On a Thursday afternoon, I’m looking for new ways to feel alive,...

Easter virus

It’s Saturday, the day between death and resurrection. Two thousand years ago, Holy Saturday was a day of...

courage

The plane is taxiing for takeoff and my ten year-old daughter Caitlin is terrified. She’s sitting next to...

resurrection

January 6, 2019 I share the last post of a blogging era in which I published on average...