On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe I arrived at Church with the intention of slipping into the back row, as it was the Mass for the school children and the church was full.

I find it an effort to make friendly phone calls that sometimes take as long as an hour.

At work on Fridays, myself and another nurse's examiner each choose a patient in a medical and surgical unit whom the nursing students will use to take their weekend examination.

Recently, my daughter needed to be at a rehearsal a few miles outside our city. We arrived in plenty of time, and since the rehearsal would last two hours, I considered dropping her off and leaving with my son. However, the winter weather was not conducive.