Next week, I will be traveling to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia to see where my great-grandfather and his siblings were raised. In this small historic
This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a celebration of the mothers in our lives who not only gave birth to us but raised us to be
Last week, I found myself standing in the hallway of the unit in my hospital which had been housing our COVID-19 patients since the pandemic
“What do we do next?” It is the question families often ask me, a hospital chaplain, once their loved one has died in the hospital.
It is without a doubt that all of us are experiencing collective trauma stemming from this pandemic. Certainly, those who have lost loved ones from
Since its arrival globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic and financial insecurity for millions of people around the globe while also resulting in a
With the COVID-19 pandemic now claiming over 215,000 American lives, all of us across our country and around the world have been personally impacted by
Ever since my sister and I were small children, the Christmas season was an important part of our lives. Our mother put a lot of
Last month, I sorted the final box of personal belongings of my late mother. The box consisted of personal letters, mementos, and pictures from her