“It’s not that big of a deal, anyone could do it.” “I mean, it wasn’t hard…” “Nothing I do is really that unique.” I have all of these thoughts on the regular. About my work, daily tasks, anything I can downplay…I will. This is not a mental practice I want to keep engaging in. The truth is, yes, anyone off… View Post
Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s Maybelline (or maybe it’s the work of a stubborn 15-year-old)
I recently went through some old paperwork from my early teen years. Lists, poems, research, school—little snippets of routines that no longer exist, jobs I no longer have, and dreams I once held close. Hopes and plans and prayers scribbled on post-it notes and multi-colored notepads. As I sifted through my cramped, scattered handwriting, I couldn’t help but think about how much of what… View Post
23 Lessons I Learned at 23
23 was really more of a daze than an age in more ways than one. Gone in a flash, but also seemed to last forever. 24 is one step away from 25 (duh), and from what I’ve heard, that tends to be a pivotal year full of growth and trials and tribulations and—I swear, that’s what my whole life has been… View Post
An In-Between Time
March feels like such a transitional month. Half winter, half spring, a tug of war between snow and early sun. The change between these two seasons feels more extreme than summer-autumn, maybe because of the explosion of life waiting beneath the frost. Where summer gently bends to autumn winds, winter holds tight to the skies. I am in an in-between… View Post
Call and Response
This February has been, well—different. There is a vase of roses on my countertop, and my heart no longer feels like a bruised pear. Once again, God has reminded me that he works in ways I will sometimes (most times) not understand. The last few months have shown me so much I had only read about and seen on silver… View Post
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