• Worth it.

    All I have been hearing about is being “self-aware”. I am drowning in those words in my Human Services class and then being dunked under again in my Leadership class. There is also this…

  • Writing down what I’m trying to be better at: Honesty. It’s a different story when I choose to be honest with myself and with God. It’s a harder, but ultimately better story.

  • Only so much.

    Something happens when I take a few steps back. The fuller, larger picture comes into view and my racing mind slows. There’s nothing quite like a new perspective; a shift in paradigm. And these are…

  • Neiman Marcus Cookies

    There are some mornings where you wake up and life feels heavy. So, you call out of work and you bake. Life is feeling lighter now.

  • Mut.

    I’m learning to tell my own story, and I am also learning to listen and to fall in love with everyone else’s story. My favorite novel of all time, The Special Topics in Calamity…

  • Protected Rhythms

    I’m trying to be an open book, but I’ll leave blank pages to keep even myself guessing. It’s where the words turn themselves into oceans and then into waves. I feel so far from…

  • Sunshine all over again

    Today has been so wonderful. I could prepare a list. I could draw a chart. I could take a million pictures, but that still would not portray the internal excitement that I felt as…

  • Sleep < Write

    I told myself that I was going to become a better writer/blogger. However, realizing the weight of my schedule, I’m seeing that writing is going to have to literally be scheduled in. Somehow, someway…

  • Peanut Butter Emotions

    Okay. So. I’ve decided to start baking, and not just open-the-box-add-this kind of baking. I’m talking about that kind of baking that deserves bragging rights because it’s from scratch. Tonight’s (experiment) will be simple.…