It’s 10:30pm, and I’m starting my 20 minutes of writing for today. I’m listening to this fantastic Tolkien lofi beats playlist on Spotify (listen to it – you won’t regret it) and staring at two of my empty Stanley 40 oz cups on my desk (don’t judge my middle age mom tendencies. At least, I’m…
Word of the Year > NY Resolutions
I’m sitting in my living room at the Longhorn Estate (we call it this because of the field of longhorns beside us) with my roommates and cats by a crackling digital fireplace. It’s almost 10pm and I’m currently concerned about how I’m going to be waking up at 5:30pm tomorrow. I might but I also…
Hungry in Hungary | Balkan adventures pt 3
If you’ve read my last several posts, you’ll probably know that I taught English at a kid’s camp in Serbia. Serbia Adventures Pt 1 Serbia Adventures Pt 2 After the English camp was over, the Serbian team took our team for a debrief in Budapest, Hungary. Since the city we were in, Bačka Topola, was…
Serbia ministry English camp adventures | Balkan adventures pt 2
If I could describe the camp in one word, it would be “impactful.” It was impactful for the kids, impactful for the English team, impactful for the Serbian team and leaders and most of all, it was impactful for me. I feel like I learned so much about God in this short time overseas. It…
Connection Chronicles pt 1
i feel like this is almost a silly thing to start off with but I feel like I’ve been learning this more and more with friends, family, coworkers etc. the connection between two people and the effort put in are the most important things for a relationship… not necessarily what either of the people do…
My first Serbia mission trip + gelato is fantastic in every country | Balkan adventures pt 1
still kinda can’t believe that this happened. I’m over here starting this blog post while eating the last tidbits of the delicious Eurocream that I bought while I was overseas and reminiscing on my recent travels to the beautiful country of Serbia (also stopped by Hungary while we were in the area hehe). Wow, where…
Serbia mission trip prep
I’m going on a missions trip for the first time in a very very long time. I’m going to teach English at a day camp to a bunch of middle schoolers and high schoolers. I’ve been really excited about it but as the day is coming up, I’m getting so nervous. We’re also going to…
How God is showing favor toward me at the moment
I was at my small group recently and the person leading it all asked us to close our eyes and think of one to three ways that God has been showing me His love and favor recently. The biggest way I could describe it is how much care I’m feeling from Him right now. These…
Poem: Everything is Waiting for You
(After Derek Mahon) Your great mistake is to act the dramaas if you were alone. As if lifewere a progressive and cunning crimewith no witness to the tiny hiddentransgressions. To feel abandoned is to denythe intimacy of your surroundings. Surely,even you, at times, have felt the grand array;the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowdingout your…
Connection Chronicles Intro
I feel like this is such a Christian millennial thing but, for the past few years, I’ve been choosing a word of the year. One year, it was “accept”… Another year, it was “delight.” The last few years were a little rough for me and I honestly didn’t feel like I did a lot of…