This little scene popped into my head months ago and I've been holding it close. I can picture these precious people in their standard public school classroom so clearly and I hope I've given them justice. The beginning of this school year in the States was anything but ideal. But we can still do small … Continue reading First Day of School
My first mission trip
When I was 11 (or was I just 10?) I went on my first mission trip. It was my first time on an airplane. My first time south of Ohio. The trip was for high schoolers but my mom volunteered with the youth group and was going, so I got to go too. Back then … Continue reading My first mission trip
Getting overwhelmed and setting a particular goal
I woke up this morning with a lot of positive energy. Then I spent the last 30 minutes sobbing through the end of Paper Butterflies by Lisa Heathfield. Now I need to sit down and process through some feelings. // It's really easy to get overwhelmed in life, isn't it? I have a tendency to … Continue reading Getting overwhelmed and setting a particular goal
Having tattoos, being a balloon, and the wilderness
My first full time job out of college was as a Preschool English teacher at a bilingual Christian school in the Dominican Republic. My job was to go into each of the 6 preschool classrooms every day for 30 minutes and teach an English lesson. It was fun and exhausting and hard and awesome. The … Continue reading Having tattoos, being a balloon, and the wilderness
Progress
Saturday is laundry day. Last night I was folding my clean clothes and putting them away when I got a whiff of cat pee. Cat pee is so potent and smells so bad. It was just before bed. I was tired and I nearly spiraled. // I recently finished watching Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (amazing musical show). … Continue reading Progress
I choose change
I recently asked myself, "Would someone looking at my social media be surprised to learn that I support the Black Lives Matter movement? Would they be surprised, after scrolling through my feed, that I read the Bible and don't see anything in there about sex before marriage or abortions or same sex marriages?" I've been … Continue reading I choose change
2020 Books – First 60
2020 is half way over. Can you believe it? Because of COVID, I have been doing more reading than usual, and am 10 books ahead of my goal. Today I finished my 60th book of the year. I really enjoy doing these book round ups, even when they're super long and nobody else cares, so … Continue reading 2020 Books – First 60
The Pickle Jar Where My Sugar Lives
This morning when I opened up the pickle jar where my sugar lives I was greeted with a bunch of little tiny ants (or possibly spiders). I have already sold my airtight jars, which is why sugar is living in a pickle jar and apparently pickle jars are not airtight. I did not panic. I … Continue reading The Pickle Jar Where My Sugar Lives
I’ve always wanted to work in a camp
Life is like a spider web. We start in the middle when we are born to a set of circumstances, within a family within a culture within a country. We are born on this point of time on the spider web who we are with all of the privilege and adveristy that come with being … Continue reading I’ve always wanted to work in a camp
Light
"This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, taht God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all." - 1 John 1:5 Light means everything as it actually is out in the open without shame. Nothing dark or scary or hidden exists in the light. God doesn't do … Continue reading Light
