The blog

Thoughts on life, friendships, adulting, and all the above

  • About Time

    One of my favorite movies is About Time. It’s been a while since I’ve rewatched it, but the premise is that when a young man turns 21 his father informs him that the men in his family are capable of traveling in time. They can only travel to a time in which they existed, so Continue reading

  • In pursuit of joy

    Someone recently sent me this poem: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?You are a child Continue reading

  • Drinking from the Well

    Something I can’t stop thinking about is, well, myself. I’ll admit. I’ve become (or maybe have always been) entirely self-absorbed. I’m not proud to say that, but I don’t think I’m merely speaking for myself here. Let’s be honest: all of us are a little self-absorbed to come capacity. Every morning when I wake up, Continue reading

  • Halfway through

    I haven’t posted all semester long, so there’s quite a bit to catch up on. Today is reading day, and as I was walking to campus to cram in a few hours of studying, I was hit with that instinctive feeling that my mind would be best cleared by jotting down some of my thoughts. Continue reading

  • Welcoming the New Year

    I can’t believe I haven’t blogged since early October. For two months now, I’ve been filled with the urge to write, but I haven’t been able to bring myself to actually sit down and articulate my thoughts. I think it mostly has to do with the fact that for the first time – in a Continue reading

  • Life is good.

    Here are just some recent thoughts and lessons I’ve learned/remembered recently: The way people treat you should never be your metric for defining your worth. You are so much smarter and more beautiful and capable than you think. Listen to your gut. If you don’t feel like yourself around someone, it is because they are Continue reading

  • Keeping due measure

    I would seriously pay so much money to watch an edited documentary of my life for the last year. The ups and downs, highs and lows, mistakes and accomplishments, blessings and heartbreak and all the in-between I’ve experienced just amaze me. About 3 weeks ago, I finally got to a place in my life where Continue reading

  • It is not God’s Character to Walk Away: a Look into 1 Samuel 12.

    This semester, I have the pleasure of taking an Old Testament Hebrew class. We observe the Hebrew translations of the ancient texts, critically analyze the different authors and editors of the Bible, and piece together historical events with archaeological evidence. It really is a cool class. We don’t read the text confessionally or spiritually. We Continue reading

  • May you dare to forgive.

    Growing up, I watched countless movies about high school, college, dating, and romance. I remember being in middle school just dreaming about the day I would be walking around a college campus and meet “the one.” I endlessly thought about all my favorite rom-coms that made love look like the most beautiful thing in the Continue reading

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  • Well, that’s embarrassing.

    Let’s talk about the realities of growth. If you don’t know by now, everyone should be intentional about growing – growing into a better person, daughter, mother, sister, student, follower of Christ, friend, etc. One of our natural responsibilities in life is to be on the pathway to always bettering ourselves. We are not called Continue reading