One night, when I was a little girl, I walked into my mother’s room as she lay in bed watching television, the blue-red light of the screen shafting over her sleepy face, and I don’t recall how, or why, but the matter of Jesus came up. My best guess is I had recently started CCD (Confraternity of …
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When you know you’ve found your Italian roots
I’ve written pretty extensively about my trip to Italy this past summer, where I visited the ancestral towns of 7 of my 8 great-grandparents. However, recently I have been once again looking through my photos to re-live the memories, and I remembered one instance where I felt extremely connected to …
The power of things
A quick note: New episodes of The Italian American Podcast will resume airing on or around November 27th. Anthony and Dolores are pulling together some terrific new shows with amazing Italian Americans, including holiday episodes, so stay tuned! In the meantime, blog posts will be published on …