I LOVE MY MAJOR (and appreciate/am amused by my minor)
Today, in my inbox, I received two e-mails that made me smile really, really, really wide. From my Rhetoric professor: “Subject: Tuesday’s Class Group: Site Message: Dear Students of Rhetoric 103a, A...
View Article“Wow. Kudos.”
To all those who have ever prompted someone else to think, “wow. You did a good job growing up”: This little bit of writing’s dedicated to you. I always thought it was so interesting that we find baby...
View Article‘s’all good
While there was still light in the day, I made my way down into the undergrounds of my school to the computer lab. Each student gets 250 pages of free printing, and… I needed them. So down I went. Eras...
View Article[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]
It took seven hours and nearly 400 miles to make it down from college to single-family home with albums and albums and albums of songs in between. Near the end of this journey, the ocean opened up to...
View ArticleJust so darn clever
The Southwest crew on this particular flight read their traditional pre-flight security briefing to the passengers in the style of “T’was the night before Christmas.” It was long, but I’ll give them a...
View ArticleThere are better places to wake up, but Merry Christmas.
“We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.” — Pope Paul...
View ArticleTriage
I’m sitting in an emergency room, watching the 2am bustle of the injured, ill, and diseased. Ridiculous as it may be, I often forget about how many people there are in the vicinity of my little world –...
View ArticleEnter. Indent.
My friend has a condition that makes her, for all intents and purposes, highly lactose-intolerant. She told me that for every cigarette I smoke from here on out, she’ll eat a bowl of ice cream. So I’m...
View ArticleOne envelope, considered pushed.
This weekend, I: - Led worship. As in, sang in public. - Wrote and performed (with a highly esteemed partner) a poem. - Led… about three devos. Ish. - Was reminded that I didn’t really do much at all;...
View ArticleIt’s summer!
You can follow my time in Singapore (and my pledge sisters’ time in Dublin & Madrid) here, at: http://sweetheartsabroad.wordpress.com/ Enjoy! :)
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