Janet Tamez thought spring break would be the perfect time to make progress on her novel. Instead, a visit from her mother-in-law disrupted her carefully planned writing schedule. Reflecting on Benedictine hospitality, Scripture, and even the lessons of Frog and Toad, she discovers that the interruptions we resist may actually be invitations to see the world outside our writing desks with fresh eyes.

Paula Veloso Babadi shares how remembrance of a last-minute gift from years ago gave her the gift of a Lenten commitment to pray the Rosary daily.

Author Rietta Parker fills in some fascinating backstory on the Marian intervention that helped her complete the short story, "Not All Who Wander," that appears in Catholic Writers Guild's first anthology, Pilgrim Tales.

Tom Medlar shares, from his experience as a psychotherapist, a way one client was able to find peace in the midst of life's storms. Tom follows his reflection with a moving, original poem entitled "Passing Gloom."