I had this memory of my older sister and I. We were at a thrift store shopping with our Grandma, she had gone into a dressing room to try something on. We must’ve been around the ages of 9 and 11 at this time which meant my sister was entering into the age of adolescence.… Continue reading Belonging
Snow days Making eye contact with a deer Sarah Willard and her Blind Mule Seeing Janay at Panera Getting lost in Alaska by way of To the Bright Edge of the World Being awakened in the middle of the night by a reminder of God’s goodness Chocolate covered pretzels Lore Ferguson Wilbert’s winter playlist– it… Continue reading TTMMH: February
I don’t know about you but I love a Sunday drive. When the sun is shining and when I have a good playlist to bop to, it’s hard to resist a drive in the country. This past Sunday I went on a short drive but it was long enough. As I was singing along to… Continue reading Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
I found a new blog called Blind Mule. Bethany Melton had it in her January TTMMH and I think it might be on my February TTMMH 🙂 It’s written by Sarah Willard and I so appreciate her writing- it’s just…. so good. She’s not as much a writer as she is a word weaver. Her… Continue reading Writing as a Vocation
Long talk with my mom about our family history Dinner at the Raths Starting the Chronicles of Narnia with the EberGreens Coffee sprinkled with cinnamon and sweetened by honey Devoting a full day to childhood nostalgia by watching Wizards of Waverly Place Video chats with my youngest brother Finishing and giving the baby blanket The… Continue reading TTMMH: January
I finished reading Beartown over the weekend but that book just won’t let me go. I feel heavy and maybe writing about it will lighten the load and loosen the grasp… I don’t even know where to start. How does one go about talking about this book? I mean, it’s just brutal. I watched a… Continue reading Beartown
By way of the Rabbit Room, I recently discovered Bethany Melton‘s blog and she is such a kindred spirit! Her writing reaches straight to my heart- I’m so happy to have found her. On her blog she does this thing every month called TTMH (Things That Made Me Happy)- it’s just a list of things… Continue reading TTMMH: December
“You can’t engineer or manipulate delight…”- Dane Ortlund This is exactly it! Delight, inspiration, a divine spark? Whatever you want to call it, you can’t manufacture it. There are days when I can’t stop writing and it feels like everything I touch turns to gold. Those days are a gift because I feel in my… Continue reading Random Thoughts on Writing
“All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.”- Kenneth Grahame, the Wind in the Willows Being in a state of wonder is my favorite place to be. It’s the perfect combination of joy, surprise,… Continue reading Metaphorical Butterflies
The growing unrest in our world has been hollowing me out. At first, it was quite a depressing experience but then surprise of all surprises, as I was being emptied out I realized that God was replenishing me. The water in my pitcher was stagnant and dead; as it trickled out, God was pouring fresh… Continue reading New Reality
