Tag: faith

• Smell the Soup, Cool the Soup

  I used to sleep like a log every night. I could drink a cup of tea or a cup of coffee and turn out my lamp and fall asleep before I was finished with my prayers. I would wake up whenever forced to, many hours later, often in the exact same position I was in…

  michardillo

  August 31, 2020

  Essay

  age, aging, faith, Kindle, Maria Semple, menopause, pandemic, reading, sleep, stress, teaching

• The Battle of Evil against Good

  It’s mid-October and lots of my bookish friends are reading scary stories or mysteries that have elements of the supernatural lurking about. In my 8th grade classroom, we read a short story recently that is classified as science fiction but in many ways represents the materialistic and selfish ways of many in today’s society, making…

  michardillo

  October 16, 2018

  Essay, faith

  Button Button, Catholic, devil, edgar allan poe, evil, faith, Richard Matheson, science fiction, St. Michael the Archangel, Star Trek, Twilight Zone

• #LeaningintoLent

  It’s Lent, and I’m a Catholic school teacher. That means I bring my faith and religion to work with me every day, and I bring my work to my faith and religion every day. At my school, we talk about our Catholic faith a lot, in all classes-not just in religion class. My middle school…

  michardillo

  February 15, 2018

  Essay

  Ash Wednesday, butternut squash soup, Catholic, faith, fasting, Leaning into Lent, Lent, middle school, religion, teaching

• À bientôt

  On Thursday, May 14, 2015, I said my final goodbye to my dad or at least my final goodbye in this life. Being a faithful Catholic, however, I truly believe that I will see him again in eternal life, so perhaps Thursday’s goodbye was merely à bientôt. His funeral was beautiful. My brothers and I…

  michardillo

  May 17, 2015

  Essay

  Catholic, death, faith, funeral, grief, Gumbo, Hallmark, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Mass, Plaquemines Parish, Port Sulphur, Red Beans and Rice, smothered chicken