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He Is Risen Indeed

A year ago today, my sweet Daddy went to be with the Lord. The kindest, gentlest, cutest little old man you'd ever see, and the best girl dad one could hope to have. But God saw fit to bring him home, and just like that, his earthly race was finished. The week before, I'd come …

Day in the Neighborhood

Quarantine has been a different weird for everyone.  For me, the extra family time has been super sweet and a huge blessing.  But finishing school has been extra hard and it also meant an extra month without seeing friends.  It has been challenging, to say the least, but as school comes to an end, I'm …

Be Not Afraid

Fear is a powerful motivator. We run away from things we're afraid of. We run towards certain things when we're afraid, like safety and assurance. We hold onto to some things extra tightly because we fear losing them.  Fear can make us paranoid, so we're either hyperalert and react too quickly or our judgement is …

Hidden Treasures (pt 2)

In my last post, I touched on the blessings that God has planted in the midst of this chaos we're facing.  I've been trying to reflect on those things, to hold onto His promises and remember His plan is best even though we don't understand what's happening. Technology has been such a huge blessing during …

Hidden Treasures (pt 1)

The past two weeks have been insane.  Like, I didn't touch hardly any schoolwork for two weeks, in the middle of the semester during my busiest year (ok, one of those was spring break, but still).  I spent every last second with friends on campus, went camping, kinda moved home, went hiking, really moved home …

Calm in the Storm

"In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet For just a moment" ~Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hurricane - Hamilton) That line has been running through my head pretty frequently the last few days.  If you've been living in a cave already well-adjusted to this notion of "social distancing," let me update you: there is a disease, …

Leap of Faith

I have gotten to do some incredible things in my lifetime -- international trips with sightseeing and activities not many people would even think about -- but none of which were part of your typical "college experience."  Honestly, my college years thus far have been pretty tame, depending on your definitions of "wild," "crazy," and …

Marx and Work

Welcome to this week's history lesson!  I'm a political science major, and even though the work load is awful, I love what I get to learn about. We've been talking about Marxism in one of my classes, and one of the simpler points of Karl Marx's theory got me thinking about our human nature. Look, …

Through it All

2019 was a year of loss. Throughout the whole year, I was losing people, my grasp on life, and in that losing my identity -- who I was and where I fit in. I never really talked about it to anyone, one, because that's not something you can just bring up in conversation and two, …

The Sky’s Awake

Interesting fact, I'm slightly obsessed with the sky. Usually at night - the moon, the stars, constellations. But I also love the random sunny days, how the clouds get painted across a bright blue canvas, and the sunsets sinking under its pale gray.  Recently, I was reminded of an analogy that God is like the …