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Transitions: thoughts on living an examined life (part one)

There are times to be still. At peace in who you are and what you do and how you do what you do. And then there are times to root everything up, lay everything out, ask every question, do your

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Transitions: thoughts on living an examined life (part one)

There are times to be still. At peace in who you are and what you do and how you do what you do. And then there are times to root everything up, lay everything out, ask every question, do your

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Keeping reality close: wedding plans

I’ve been reading all these little messages that tell me – congratulations! – I have just become the god of my universe. From now until June 2. “rule of thumb: register for at least 2 times as many gifts as

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Keeping reality close: wedding plans

I’ve been reading all these little messages that tell me – congratulations! – I have just become the god of my universe. From now until June 2. “rule of thumb: register for at least 2 times as many gifts as

The shift: the journey becomes home

Here is a shift I never could have seen coming during these past four years, this journey of fits and starts and grueling voyage, of one step forward and two steps back, of brief mountain top moments and mired bloody

The shift: the journey becomes home

Here is a shift I never could have seen coming during these past four years, this journey of fits and starts and grueling voyage, of one step forward and two steps back, of brief mountain top moments and mired bloody

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Year of the war of good and evil.

Ginger lemon tea by the loads; scribbled itemized lists and calendars and schedules and questions and must-do’s all beneath the heading of June 2, 2012; restlessness and tears and insecurity channeled into schizo nail polish, frantically changing music tastes, and

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Year of the war of good and evil.

Ginger lemon tea by the loads; scribbled itemized lists and calendars and schedules and questions and must-do’s all beneath the heading of June 2, 2012; restlessness and tears and insecurity channeled into schizo nail polish, frantically changing music tastes, and

Gypsy in winter.

I never stop moving. Even to rest is a movement, a movement into something, deeper, beyond… To rest is an effort. To rest is something I must learn. Sometimes this is tiring. I never forget you, N 12° 59′ 27.5939″ E 80° 12′ 0.7031.” Or,

Gypsy in winter.

I never stop moving. Even to rest is a movement, a movement into something, deeper, beyond… To rest is an effort. To rest is something I must learn. Sometimes this is tiring. I never forget you, N 12° 59′ 27.5939″ E 80° 12′ 0.7031.” Or,

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Life plans

“I failed to realize that God didn’t pour his love on me in order to make my little kingdom work, but to welcome me to a much bigger and better kingdom.” – Paul Tripp I have a feeling I’m going

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Life plans

“I failed to realize that God didn’t pour his love on me in order to make my little kingdom work, but to welcome me to a much bigger and better kingdom.” – Paul Tripp I have a feeling I’m going

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Laughter, chowder, grace (and other sanity notes)

I have coined a new phrase. It is “faith day.” I had one today. Definition of faith day: a day characterized by an abnormal accumulation of events that would fall under the category of overwhelming, despair-inducing, sob-inspiring or just plain

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Laughter, chowder, grace (and other sanity notes)

I have coined a new phrase. It is “faith day.” I had one today. Definition of faith day: a day characterized by an abnormal accumulation of events that would fall under the category of overwhelming, despair-inducing, sob-inspiring or just plain

No title.

I originally wrote this on March 1, 2011. Decluttering my laptop a few days ago, I found it in a forgotten folder. A manifesto, of sorts, of a blogger and a girl living in a broken world. Although some of

No title.

I originally wrote this on March 1, 2011. Decluttering my laptop a few days ago, I found it in a forgotten folder. A manifesto, of sorts, of a blogger and a girl living in a broken world. Although some of

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Who I….

I am a typical college student, in that we are all atypical and thus all about the same. I am sitting in a computer lab drinking half-very-dark-half-hazelnut coffee. I am typing on my blog instead of finishing a project that

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Who I….

I am a typical college student, in that we are all atypical and thus all about the same. I am sitting in a computer lab drinking half-very-dark-half-hazelnut coffee. I am typing on my blog instead of finishing a project that

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Gypsy notes.

But anyway, despite everything being vastly different, it is beautiful, and I’ll be used to it soon enough. – June 7, 2009 I’m not living in the past, in fact I’ve been so much in the present I’ve obviously had

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Gypsy notes.

But anyway, despite everything being vastly different, it is beautiful, and I’ll be used to it soon enough. – June 7, 2009 I’m not living in the past, in fact I’ve been so much in the present I’ve obviously had