Did you ever make a time capsule as a kid? I remember doing one at my school. I don’t remember anything that went into it or when it was to be opened, but I remember thinking about how awesome it would be for someone to find it some day. Now that I’m a grown-up, I live in an old Virginian … Read More
The Art of Writing a Letter
I’ve written all sorts of letters throughout my life. Letters to my parents from camp, postcards with short letters to my grandparents from vacations, entries in my diaries, cards filled with letters of encouragement to those having a bad day or suffering in a particular way, emails with updates on life with pen pals and old friends, letters of complaint … Read More
How to Journey Well
I can hardly believe that it has been three years since my shoes collected dust from the red dirt roads of Kenya. The two weeks my husband and I spent there will make for a lifetime of lessons and stories bound to live far beyond our own existence on this earth. So many times, my mind travels unrestricted by … Read More
Everyone Can Do Something
The other day, I was at a baby shower for my precious friend, Catherine. I met Catherine through work about five or so years ago. I was an Admissions Counselor and she was my go to Financial Aid Advisor for students. I could always count on her to make sure things did not slip through the cracks. Early on, much … Read More
Operation Baby Rescue
I want to introduce you to a little girl that I met three years ago this month in Kenya. She was about six years old. Honestly, I don’t even know her name. I do know a little bit of her story, though. When we arrived at the Lunga village (which translates as “upside down village”), I got out my tiny … Read More
Why You Should Kick The Bucket List
30 is fast approaching for me. I don’t particularly like that piece of truth. But it’s there, hovering over me like news of an impending hurricane. The past year, I’ve been doing everything I can to protect myself from this storm of a number. I’ve bolted my shutters closed, laid my rain boots out to jump into when both wind … Read More
How To Be More Interesting
I feel like I was a slacker in the reading department during 2013. In hindsight, I realize I started off rip-roaring through a lengthy biography on Daniel Boone, an awesome memoir by one of my former professors called, “Booked,” a Johnny Cash book, and a Dickens’ classic I had started a few months earlier. As a slow reader, I set … Read More
Noise Canceling Headphones for the New Year
I’m surrounded by voices inside and outside of my head. You are too. Sometimes it gets so noisy, the roars of discord make me want to just give up. I bet you’ve felt that way too. These voices just about drown a person who is attempting to doggy paddle to shore, because they can’t seem to get there for the … Read More
Immanuel: Born Into Our World{s}
My favorite past time in the whole world is traveling. While I do believe it’s a small world after all, it’s also a very intricate globe that spins on the axis of time. Like a microchip in a computer holds so much information, so Planet Earth does in the Universe. When I can’t travel myself, I enjoy living vicariously through … Read More
Snowflakes Upon the Royal Coat of Arms
Immanuel. God with us. ….wikki wikka…Hold up…we have a remix going on here. I couldn’t even go any further with writing this because He just showed up. You should have seen the wintery night sky He just lit up with the most unusual lighting scheme, bringing deep blues, golds, and oranges to our attention. My husband and I nearly … Read More