“Generations of families flocked to Pastor Richot’s steps to partake in, not only the weekly liturgy, but baptisms, marriages, and funerals—a one-stop… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“Butterfly Garden is especially important to me because it delves into sibling relationships and family hierarchy as children and as adults. It… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“Maybe Jenny and Grace weren’t so different from the butterfly… maybe they both needed to simply be who they were, stop trying… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“They were of the same blood, the same family, the same world, and yet, they were so different. And yet, they were… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“The man possessed a communal strength of body and soul, coupled with endless compassion and a desire to help the less fortunate of mind… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“But it wasn’t the high foreheads, the flat noses, the half protrusion of thick lips that pulled Christine in, held her there, as she… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“But God doesn’t make bad things happen or necessarily stop them from happening. What He does do is give us strength to understand and… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“Anybody that’s ever loved has been hurt, some worse than others. Hearts ripped, trust gone, even hope tossed in the trash.” Those eyes grew… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“A mother knows her children’s weaknesses, even if she sometimes refuses to acknowledge them.” — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“It was true that one could be more alone with someone than by oneself.” — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“You can’t catch a creature like that anymore than you can catch a person. You can only create an environment they might want to… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“her form of prayer and her mother’s were not the same. Virginia Romano recited Hail Mary’s and Our Fathers, clicking rosary beads like a… — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
“But a mother sees her child’s shortcomings, even if she doesn’t admit to them very often.” — Mary Campisi Copy Share Image
