I’m now a firm believer that an excessive amount of irony comes pre-embedded in every decision. Even one as simple as choosing a word to focus on for the year. In the past I chose patience, or courage, or perseverance….
2018 was at times calmer and at times crazier than 2017. But I’m not complaining because neither ’18 nor ’17compared to the insanity that was ’16. So glad that’s over… Before this first month of 2019 blows by, one of…
As soon as I got the schedule for this semester I couldn’t wait for class to start. Topics in Nonwestern Art History (my third and final round of Art History…meh…) and—dah-dahdah-DAAAAAH—3D Computer Animation Motion Studies. It was proof that I…
What was I thinking? In 2 days my job will take me to Kenya. But since I’m also a full-time online student, I’ve spent the last three weeks trying to get 6-weeks worth of school work done. Not only did…
Periods?! Yuck! We don’t like to talk about that. We’d rather talk about anything but that. Yet across America girls of all ages started school this month, and many of those girls will also start something else—something even less exciting…
Do I have to give up driving now? At 1 year old my dad placed me on his lap and introduced me to motorized vehicles. It was a simple tractor. It went forward when you pulled a lever, and backward…
I’ve officially attended 5 high school graduation ceremonies (that I can remember): 3 because I was in orchestra and we had to play Pomp and Circumstance in an eternal loop, 1 that was my own, and just recently went to…
26?! That can’t be right. Let’s see. Take my birth year, subtract the current year and…Sure enough. I’m 26 years old… How long did I blink? Just a couple years ago I was watching Blues Clues, Barney, Rugrats, Recess, and…
When I was 14, shows like 90210 and The OC were all anyone talked about. And in those shows the people threw an elaborate party for ev-ery-thing. Birthdays. Christmas. Even the secondary holidays like St. Patrick’s day. Almost every weekend…
I flipped someone off while on my way to church…and I had every right to do it. They were clearly in the wrong. Yet as a Christian, I gave up my right to be offended, which, sadly, includes responding with…
