writing
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Finding Focus with Your Senses
With so much going on and so many reasons to both worry about the future and get lost thinking about the past, it is easy to lose sight of the present. I know I have a tendency of focusing on the if/when’s of the future or the “if only’s” of the past, and at times… Continue reading
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My 500th Blog Post
Almost seven years ago, on a random Sunday night, I posted a rambling blog post, which to this day has only been viewed eight times. I didn’t tell anyone I posted it, and I didn’t know what to expect from it. I wrote it because I could—because I couldn’t seem not to—and because I wanted… Continue reading
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91 Birthdays and Now I’m Counting Too
This past weekend we celebrated my grandpa’s 91st birthday. It was a happy day filled with good food, lots of sunshine, and a big reminder of the many good things (and especially good people) I have in my life. The most important person of the day, the ever handsome, ever lovable birthday boy, pulled up… Continue reading
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A Few Sunburned Themed Thank You Notes
While it may seem obvious to even the most distant of onlooker, and while I should be well versed and well informed as I have lived with this knowledge my entire life, sometimes I still forget that I am a pale, pale white girl. And even on days when I am reminded of this, say,… Continue reading
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Find the Things that Fill You Up
At the beginning of the year I set out on a quest to find a morning routine. And while that process has been and might forever remain a process, I have recently found myself in need of an afternoon routine as well. Seeing as many things are still closed and many activities are still limited,… Continue reading
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The Summer Smells
I have a very good (and very sensitive) sense of smell. There have been times my mom has referred to my nose as “a pregnant nose” because of my inane ability to pick up even the smallest scents, and my inability to go down certain aisles in the grocery store (I’m looking at you laundry… Continue reading
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A Minute Past Midnight
There is a clock hanging on the wall in my bathroom that never tells the right time. I have changed the batteries, I have checked to see if it is hanging straight and flush with the wall, I have changed the nail it hangs on, I have taken it off the wall and blew on… Continue reading
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For Anyone Else Who is Opening and Closing and Scrolling and Sighing
I wrote this a little while back, but it has been resonating with me lately so I wanted to share. It’s 7:00 p.m. I’m alone, my roommates aren’t home from work yet, and I’m lying on my bed with a towel in my hair. I unlock my phone and I open Instagram. I scroll… Continue reading
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Getting Over the Big Bump
Up until I was nine years old, my family lived in a blue house, in a neighborhood close to our church. My dad had bought the house with a few of his friends before he met my mom, and so by the time they got married and I came along, we were very much part… Continue reading
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Why Finding Your Own Voice Can Help Everyone
Not too long ago, I did a thorough cleaning of my house in which I gave away things I didn’t use, threw away things that were broken, and, more than anything, found things I forgot I had. One such thing was a book called “Music Listography,” which I’m pretty sure I impulse bought from Target,… Continue reading
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