http://www.mariasirois.com/ en mariasirois1@gmail.com Copyright 2011 2011-07-04T15:40:30+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/freedom_and_flourishing/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/freedom_and_flourishing/#When:15:40:30Z This never happens in my life.  I’ve never carried a gun, defended a hill, crawled wet through foreign land to fight for a cause…. 2011-07-04T15:40:30+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/the_house_of_no_suffering/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/the_house_of_no_suffering/#When:19:20:26Z On December 15, 2010 my younger brother, John, was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer.  He lived ten weeks from that time.  This blog holds the few moments I was able to write while caring for him and watching him bravely die.  One day I will write about him – but I can’t quite do that yet – so I offer these few paragraphs for myself and for you if you find yourself too in a moment when the earth has erupted and a love is crushed…. 2011-04-11T19:20:26+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/ryans_well/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/ryans_well/#When:02:25:46Z So there was this boy in first grade who became the kind of child who brings water… 2011-01-19T02:25:46+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/you_must_trust/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/you_must_trust/#When:22:41:06Z Tonight I remembered the proprietor of the hotel where I stayed in Rome.  I arrived but my reservation had been lost and I was without a room.  He said to me, ‘è necessario fiducia’... 2010-12-26T22:41:06+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/brick_by_brick_line_by_line/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/brick_by_brick_line_by_line/#When:16:19:12Z Remember that every little deed counts, that every work has power..I began this blog two weeks ago and failed.. 2010-12-13T16:19:12+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/one_regret_i_am_determined_not_to_have/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/one_regret_i_am_determined_not_to_have/#When:01:20:33Z These holidays are rough on me and my kin.  We all think the other family in the other house is having a so much better time.  So I jump rope as the sun moves from behind the clouds to light day, determined to keep kissing the world… 2010-11-29T01:20:33+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/stop_wasting_your_gorgeous_life/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/stop_wasting_your_gorgeous_life/#When:02:08:10Z I swear to you if I have to spend one more moment in one more meeting talking about how to raise money for one more non-profit I’ll vomit right on shoes of the guy next to me.  How to break through?  2010-11-23T02:08:10+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/raise_a_little_hell/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/raise_a_little_hell/#When:02:46:24Z “I’ve taken it this far.  You take it from here.  Raise a little hell.” That’s what Paul Newman said to his staff on opening night of the Hole in The Wall Gang Camp’s first session, just before the first batch of seriously ill children were to arrive.  I wish that had been the phrase spoken by my college graduation speaker… 2010-11-15T02:46:24+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/so_what_if_i_made_it_up/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/so_what_if_i_made_it_up/#When:12:47:54Z Grabbed a book in the airport bookstore – Sh*t My Father Says – and laughed so hard on the way to Texas I thought my seatmate was going to punch me. 2010-11-10T12:47:54+00:00 http://www.mariasirois.com/site/somewhat_irritated_about_extreme_outrage/ http://www.mariasirois.com/site/somewhat_irritated_about_extreme_outrage/#When:11:20:21Z I don’t think the women in Iran would be able to gather for example 200,000 strong to gently make fun of anything in any of the main government plazas… 2010-10-31T11:20:21+00:00