I graduated from college exactly five years ago. Can you believe it?! I have now been out of college for as long as I was in college. Looking back at my time at college I feel mostly grateful. A little ashamed, but I try not to focus on that because there’s nothing I can do … Continue reading Dear Suzanne the College Student
Tag: self improvement
Lent this Year
I know that Lent is almost upon us because today my Michigan friends were posting pictures of paczkis on Facebook. And yes I had to look up how to spell that word. Growing up Baptist Lent was not something I observed or practiced or even knew anything about. Once my world expanded a little bit … Continue reading Lent this Year
The value of imagination
Yesterday something happened that... well, sucked. A group of people felt that I was wronging them in a couple of ways and so they wrote me a letter and had a third party deliver it to me. The letter listed the things I was doing wrong (and had been doing wrong for MONTHS, so many … Continue reading The value of imagination
Lent & Yoga
The first (and until today, only) time I have participated in Lent was during college. I gave up fast food. Not to lose weight! But because I realized I was spending a ridiculous amount of money on fast food I didn't need. Not that anyone really needs fries and a shake, but what I mean is … Continue reading Lent & Yoga
Don’t pet the sweaty stuff
At the end of 2014 I did what a lot of bloggers do these days and I chose a word for the upcoming year. My word for 2015 was soften. I wanted to be a softer person in all aspects of my life - in my classroom, in my home, and in my relationships with … Continue reading Don’t pet the sweaty stuff
