Halo and I walked down to a turn in the river yesterday where there is a bank full of colorful rocks. With her love of smells, it was like taking a kid to Disneyland. She darted every which way in sheer excitement, making sure to cover as much of the area as her leash and […]
We all deserve, without question, love and self-care. We all deserve to prioritize ourselves first, to make sure we have what we need. Whether that is food we love, exploring skin care options, or making sure you take time for what you’re passionate about, you are the only person who can make sure that happens.
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I hope we are all able to fill our own cups—whatever that is for you—not just this January but as a regular rhythm to your life. None of us want to get to the end of our days having never opened the gift we were given on the day we were born: ourselves.
Taking a New Direction Read More »
I don’t want a screen to be my go-to default and so I created a technology challenge for myself to break this addiction and refocus my energies.
Technology Challenge Update Read More »
Like many people in my culture, I have grown used to being on edge and spend a lot of time playing around on the internet and my phone with little real productivity. I continually check my phone, find myself wasting time on it whenever I am waiting for something or someone, and spend more time on the internet than I realize I’m wasting. It is not what I want to do my life or what I want to become.
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The truth is that my life was turned upside down for the last few years and especially in the last year and a half. Things changed one after another and I was so busy in that span of time that my soul dried up and I became a desert. In that span of time, I’ve experienced:
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There is something quite different about owning versus renting. I feel settled here, at peace knowing we will be staying for quite some time. Instead of a neighborhood where I simply lived, even though generations of my family lived there before me, by owning a home, this is really my neighborhood. I’m invested in it and as surely as the old trees have upheaved the sidewalks, I’m letting my roots spread out with confidence and ease.
What I got from listening to people’s questions and comments was they are afraid to say the wrong things. The last thing I want is for people to walk on egg shells. That’s no way to live a life and no way to have a relationship. I want you to be free with me as I want to be free with you. A true relationship is when you’re free with each other.
As my friends and family have a wide variety of opinions and beliefs, I knew there would be some people happier about my relationship than others. Some surprised me with just how supportive and happy they were, others surprised me with how horrible they thought it all was.
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It’s incredibly painful to have someone tell you there is no way you can be who you are and love God at the same time. It’s hurtful to be told the gifts and passions driving your life were never meant to be expressed. We are one body, one with God.
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