Love, Actually   Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson   It is only fitting that during this season of light, we should encounter angels among us. Pat Hoogheem is my angel.   On Monday, despite a long list of Christmas things to be done, she accompanied me to the Good Samaritan hospital in Denver as I went for…

Don’t Put Scratchy Toilet Paper in the Guest Bathroom   Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson   First impressions make all the difference.   Over the past twenty years, I’ve lived in Baku, Azerbaijan, Kiev, Ukraine, in Tahoe, Fort Lauderdale, Whitefish, Evergreen and now, Breckenridge. In each location, the first place I sought out was the local Catholic…

When our need to experience love is greater than our ability to trust that we are loved   During confession one morning, Father Joe suggested I work on two things: First, that I need to trust God. Second, I need to experience God’s love and believe in its reliability. It turns out that Father Joe…

I used to believe that I would find happiness in isolation. All I wanted was to be alone. I pictured myself living in a little cabin in the mountains far away from anyone else. All of that changed when I moved to Breckenridge, Colorado and got involved in my church. The more I became involved…

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