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College Core Values

Do You Remember Who You Were and Who You Wanted to Be? I have been cleaning and organizing my home office…my study? Room where I can go and leave my mess out without kids getting into it? You know what I mean. Anyway, while cleaning I found a slip of paper from college. It was […]

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Blueberries, Smashed Eggs, and Meltdowns

Today my two year-old tried to help me put the groceries away. And by tried, I mean she dumped a pack of blueberries and then chucked a carton of eggs to the floor with such force that half of the eggs broke. My toddler looked innocently at us like, “Ok, what else do you want […]

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Goals & Dreams Good Reads

Stuck in a (Creative) Rut

I’ve heard Shauna Niequist and Jen Hatmaker say before that good writers need to be in the habit of reading. Before writing the blog entry High Dive, I hadn’t written anything in MONTHS. But I had been reading…a lot. The Anne of Green Gables series, specifically Anne’s House of Dreams and Anne of Ingleside, inspired […]

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The High Dive

Do you remember as a kid looking at the high dive and being equally excited and terrified? I do. As a kid, I could imagine myself climbing the ladder, I could imagine myself standing at the top and getting into position. I could imagine bouncing and letting my feet leave the board. I could imagine […]

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Goals & Dreams New Year

That Little Hand

We were driving back home as the snow and ice went from a light glaze to frosting branches with thick slabs of white and covering the roads. It was a beautiful sight that led me to realize how thankful I was for the opportunity to enjoy God’s creation. It was at this moment I chose […]