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My Weekend Without Context
I went to visit one of my best friends in San Diego last weekend. It was relaxing, fun, cozy, and very much needed, but when I sat down to write about it, I was having trouble figuring out how. Our days were full, maybe not from going this way and that, but from talking, laughing,… Continue reading
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Take a Nap on the Floor
Yesterday, as I drove home from church, I began to map out the rest of my Sunday in my head. It was 11:45 a.m. and I was trying to plan my day out by the hour. I thought about going for a walk, or even a run. I wanted to get some chores done, to… Continue reading
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10 Things You Might Hear While Fishing With Us
I grew up fishing. There are so many Saturday’s and Sunday’s I can remember waking up early at my family’s mountain cabin, anxious to get out on the lake. We would stop at 7-eleven and buy mini donuts, we’d rent one of the bright orange boats at the dock, and then we’d start our loop… Continue reading
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7 Things Saving My Life Right Now
I recently listened to an episode of The Next Right Thing podcast where host, Emily P. Freeman, shared a list of things that are currently “saving her life.” The list was inspired by a question Barbara Brown Taylor answered in her memoir Leaving Church. At first, the question was startling to me: “What’s saving my… Continue reading
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I Played Hooky!
When my alarm went off on Friday it felt like any other weekday. I hit snooze once—okay twice—and then I got up and went through my morning routine. But it wasn’t a normal weekday. It wasn’t even a work day. Because I was playing hooky! A couple weeks ago, I got an email from one… Continue reading
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How to Pray for Other People When You Don’t Know What to Say
Prayer, to me, is very special, but it’s also something that I’m still learning a lot about. I am not that comfortable with praying in front of other people, and so I mostly do it in private. Sometimes I will pray aloud and other times I like to write out my prayers, both in a… Continue reading
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Let’s Have a Funeral
I think it’s natural to do a lot of reflecting on your younger self. To try and connect to the person you were as a kid, as an adolescent, as a young adult, etc. It’s always interesting to recall the things you hoped for and dreamed about, and to notice the differences in what you… Continue reading
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A Repost for My Fellow Tough Eggs
I don’t have a new post for this week. But I have recently been reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking, and so this post from a few years back has been on my mind. Re-reading it was a good reminder that being an introvert does not mean you… Continue reading
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A Golden Birthday in Nashville (Part 2)
Monday March 21st, 2022 On Monday, the birthday-day!, our first stop was the Country Music Hall of Fame. We walked up and down aisles of country music history, recognizing some faces, and learning about others. My mom has always been a fan of country music, so it was fun to hear songs that she’d played… Continue reading
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A Golden Birthday in Nashville (Part 1)
About three years ago my cousin Tanner told me and my family that he wanted to celebrate his twenty first birthday in Nashville, Tennessee. Funnily enough, we were in Paris at the time, waiting for the clock to strike ten so that the Eiffel Tower—which we took to calling “Eif”—would light up. Our group… Continue reading
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