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The One Piece of Advice My Uncle The Priest Left Me
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I grab for a book and realize my heart is too heavy and my mind too crowded to absorb it. I know that in the struggle of divorce there are days where no energy exists to absorb words of wisdom despite the fact that I crave them. I am reminded why I write this column.…
My Catholic Mother’s Jewish Best Friend
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
We sit nestled under an umbrella. The late August sun peeks out around us. We are jabbering relentlessly because far too many years have passed between us. The waiter stops to take our order only to be ushered away while we chat some more. For me there are not enough hours in this visit. I…
The Silver Linings of Divorce – How Great Thou Hope
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
It is not long after I start my divorce that things get even more complicated and I am feeling a mixture of fear and hope. I hear a knock at the door. It is my friend. I will call her, “Rosalita.” In she walks, hands dripping with friendship filled gifts to ease my pain. I…
A Love Letter to My Children
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I’ve never needed to be right. What I tell my children is to remember what I did right. Remember the moments I caught myself distracted and not listening to what made your world go round and I stopped and heard your precious voice. Remember the moments I sang to you in the car while the…
What it Takes to Make a Successful Marriage, Part 1
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
“What do you think it takes to have a successful marriage?” asks my niece. I will call her, “Ariel,” because she deserves a Disney Princess type of name. Now I have certainly logged some hours ‘noodling’ this puzzle in the past. However, ‘love’ is an impossibly simple, yet impossibly complex subject. In my marketing…
Do You Know a Friend Who Needs a Mirror of Love?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
This past November, I sat outside with the slight chill of early winter rushing through the air. There were six of us, old friends noshing on food and filling up with laughter. A few weeks later, I pull my car alongside my mailbox, pull the door down and snatch the mail. I spy a handwritten…
A Firefighter, a Cop and a Priest All Walk into a Bar
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Colleen Sheehy Orme
A firefighter, a cop and a priest all walk into a bar. Sounds like the beginning of a great joke, right? Nah, that would be my Irish Catholic family walking into my Uncle Barney’s bar in New York. All those New York City cops and firefighters, and of course, my beloved uncle, the priest taught…
“How I ‘Lost and Found’ My Spirituality”
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
In the middle of some of my worst marital woes I find myself sitting on the white sandy beaches of Florida. The sheer, turquoise water in front of me as my feet inch their way into the white sand. It is the kind of hot day reserved for the gulf coast with enough of a…
Have You Forgiven Yourself in Your Marriage or Divorce?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
I don’t know what my mom was thinking when she dropped me off in front of my Catholic elementary school. When she put this overly rule following, people pleasing girl in that grey plaid uniform, white shirt and criss cross tie and sat me behind that desk in first grade. I believed it all……hook, line…
Is Your Marriage or Divorce Transforming You into a Spiritual Bodybuilder?
By
Colleen Sheehy Orme
So it’s Wednesday morning, well actually Thursday, but I am walking with my Wednesday morning buddies.There are three of us. We are on the first strides of our walk. The sun a bit hotter than it should be at 7:30 in the morning. As usual, I am a step behind. They are talking about my…
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