I Dare You: Buy the Flowers
Last year, just a few days after Valentine’s Day, the grocery store clerk made fun of me in the checkout line. I emptied my cart, placed each item on the conveyor belt, and tried to keep my mouth from falling open as the gentlemen looked me in the eyes and spoke words...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
No one stood up when the credits began to roll. Whispered wows mixed with the sound of sniffling as we reached for tissues, blinked our eyes, and stayed for just a moment longer. Like so many others, I grew up watching Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Childhood...
It’s True: You Have Something to Offer
You are talented. Before you shake your head, deny those words, and click the little red X on this page, let me ask you a question. Do you remember the parable of the three servants who were given different amounts of talents? I’ve been thinking about it recently,...
A Letter to the Girl Who Feels Forgotten
Of all the things I truly dislike writing about, singleness tops the list. But this isn’t about being single, not really. This is about how even when we feel forgotten, we’re anything but. This is about how we’ve been given every good thing we could...
Life Lately: Highs and Lows {and a giveaway}
I tried — I mean I really, really tried — to write these words without having to swallow down a lump in my throat, without blinking back tears. It shouldn’t be that hard, I told myself. After all, the heartbeat behind this post has been on repeat in...
A book for the broken hopefuls… Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between
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