Catherine Messina PajicDear Graduates, Your Destination is NowIt’s that season again. Time for The Commencement Speech.Jun 13, 2019Jun 13, 2019
Catherine Messina PajicDeath in my BackyardAs the trees thin out each November, it seems as if we can see deer everywhere. They trample our urban gardens, and their carcasses litter…Jan 5, 2019Jan 5, 2019
Catherine Messina PajicWhy Sportsmanship Matters — On and Off the FieldSportsmanship: conduct (such as fairness, respect for one’s opponent, and graciousness in winning or losing) becoming to one participating…Oct 12, 2018Oct 12, 2018
Catherine Messina PajicInnocence and the Age of PossibilityWe are walking through a picturesque university campus, one of the many we have visited on this week-long tour. As we make our way through…Aug 31, 2018Aug 31, 2018
Catherine Messina PajicSometimes, Charity Ends at HomeThe call came late at night, as these calls do.Apr 27, 2018Apr 27, 2018
Catherine Messina PajicA Year Ago, I Was Laid Off — Happy Anniversary?One year ago, I packed up my desk and left my private office at the organization which had employed me for some 15 years. I had been told…Mar 10, 2018Mar 10, 2018
Catherine Messina PajicTime Traveling With My MotherI never thought of my life as a time capsule. Then my mother passed away, and I found a stack of letters in her nightstand.Jan 19, 2018Jan 19, 2018
Catherine Messina PajicThe Christmas Blog I Wasn’t Going to WriteAs a Christian whose faith is tenuous and whose relationship with Jesus ambiguous at best, I’m not an obvious choice for expounding the…Dec 10, 20171Dec 10, 20171
Catherine Messina PajicinPoets UnlimitedNo Time for GriefThere is no time for griefNov 29, 2017Nov 29, 2017