i’ve been running into this idea of “meaningful choices” a lot lately. it’s one of those uncomfortable thoughts – it doesn’t fit with how i want to categorize things, and it requires me to think outside my box a little bit. but i’ve realized how important it is, and how much of a difference it […]

if law school has taught me one thing so far, it’s that i’m terribly afraid. i’m not exaggerating – it’s at the point where it’s basically crippling. it’s funny (as in bizarre) how hard it is to let words roll off you. i started law school being told by a member of the school’s alumni […]

i had a dear, dear friend (and cousin) mention to me how much she’s seen me grow and change in the past year or so. this past year has been big. i have been stretched further than i ever imagined possible only to shrink smaller than ever before. it’s incredible how that changes your attitude, […]

the past year (or two..) i’ve become increasingly aware of what community is and what it is not. it’s odd, but the further you drift away from it the more aware of it you are it seems. i can’t pinpoint the exact time when i realized this, but i now see how desperately lonely i […]

my Bible reading for the day is Exodus 14. it’s a chapter i read a couple months back when I was going through the Pentateuch on my own, and i read it again for my daily #SheReadsTruth devotional (which is a fantastic resource by the way- i’ve been following their reading plans for months and […]

2013 is my 23rd new year. new beginning. fresh start. call it what you will. like many others, i make resolutions for myself. they’re fairly quiet – i don’t like to breathe them into life with words. it’s too public. (i just don’t want the public shame of failing.) but i do it, anyways, every […]