I am the baby of my entire family. On my dad’s side, I am separated from my closest cousin by 6 years. When I was younger this meant a lot of missing out. I missed out on slumber parties, big kid games, and memories that were made years before I was even thought of. But … More Grams
People act like tragedy is a mountain. You climb up, and up, and up, then you peak, and catch a train down, because the hard part is over. And many times, the very peak of the peak actually feels that way. Every little thing makes you cry tears of joy because you’ve longed for so … More The Storms After the Storm
This morning was kind. Now don’t me wrong, it wasn’t easy. I still woke up with the same anxiety, the same deep pit in my gut that I now know all too well. I still woke up an hour earlier than I anticipated, and I still laid awake listening to my mind screaming at me. … More Tomorrow Will Be Kinder
I was well submerged in youth group when I was in high school. The “save yourself for marriage,” talks were offered about twice to three times a year, and believe it or not I listened. I listened and I banned all things sex from my relationships. The problem is, while I was saving my … More Saving Your Love Languages
Ella Minnow Pea, By Mark Dunn: What if some words were illegal? How would that impact communication? I’m not just talking politically incorrect, I mean actually illegal. Welcome to the fictional island of Nollop, a small community of people who worship a man, Nevin Nollop, who created the sentence that miraculously includes every single … More Ella-Minnow-Pea, The Power of Words
What a beautiful thing to imagine, the view of heaven from the eyes of a seven year old. … More Rediscovering Your Childlike Faith
I tend to be so driven to reach new chapters that I don’t allow myself to visit the realm of nostalgia. … More Welcoming Nostalgia
Yes, I was one of those. I was the girl who read The Fault in Our Stars the summer before my senior year of high school. I was the girl who stayed up until four in the morning to finish it, and I was the girl who had to put the book down for a … More The Beauty of Pain’s Demands
“Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody’s around – nobody big, I mean – except me. And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if … More Your Catcher in the Rye
If you ask my parents, or their checking accounts, they will tell you that my two very average legs are each worth about as much as gold. I was a soccer player most of my life. My parents poured so much money into this passion: clubs, camps, cleats, tournaments, and miles and miles of gas burned … More Identity Crisis
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