Tag: Amite

• My Nanny Pat

  My aunt, Ann Patricia Harvey Tomancik, passed away on Friday, May 18, 2018, just 28 days after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. After spending all weekend doing lesson plans and prepping for missing school, my husband and I flew to Louisiana early Monday morning for the wake on Monday, the funeral on Tuesday, a quick…

  michardillo

  May 26, 2018

  Essay

  Amite, Belle Chasse, funeral, grief, Louisiana, prayer, rosary, wake

• Love Never Fails

  It’s midday Sunday and I am just sitting down to write this week’s essay. It’s been a busy weekend. Friday night was the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner for one of my colleagues, a third grade teacher at my school. Months ago, after announcing her engagement, she stopped me as I was coming in to…

  michardillo

  October 4, 2015

  Essay

  Amite, Ardillo’s, Corinth, Corinthians, DJ, facebook, family, Hammond, Instagram, Louisiana, love, Papal Mass, reception, rehearsal dinner, scripture, St. Ann, St. Paul, steel drum band, teacher, teaching, twitter, wedding