Solitude: the capacity to be alone. Week four of the chaplain residency has just finished. As my husband jovially commented, “Only 48 more weeks to go.” I spent Friday evening at the hospital on call, opting to stay on-site rather than chance the middle of the night wake up.

Chaplain Residency: #1 Coincidence The chaplain residency journey begins and what a beginning it has been! Orientations, trainings, tours, first on-call rotation, meeting new colleagues, hospital staff, units, morning/evening commute—it has been a whirlwind of activity—and I think I have loved virtually every moment AND been more physically tired than I thought possible!!! It is rather miraculous to me that I enjoy being in the hospital setting.

August 8!  I love the saints and their stories!  Today is the feast of St Dominic, the founder of the Order of the Preachers, otherwise known as the Dominicans.