Tweet As a kid it was the norm that we could only eat out if the restaurant had grilled cheese. That was about the only thing I would eat. Oh and peanut butter. To say I was a picky eater was putting it lightly. Now I love my mom, but cooking is not one of her strengths which was fine by me because she could cook about five different meals and that was about all I would actually eat. (I am sure she could actually cook more than that, but again-I was a picky eater) This trend continued for most of my time living at home. And then I graduated…
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Lemon Shake-Ups, A Harley, and Jesus
Tweet Some dear friends of mine just bought a new house so Saturday night I went over to see it and see them. I hadn’t seen them in over a year, but we used to be neighbors and they are amazing people. Not to mention, she is an awesome cook! After chatting for a bit, we decided to head down to the riverfront where a friend of theirs has a little lemon-shake up stand. First of all, lemon shake-ups are quite possibly my favorite things in the entire world. That is the only thing that will ever entice me to go to a fair or street festival. And I love…
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Spend and Satisfy
Tweet And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Isaiah 58:10 Darkness cannot overtake light. Only light can overtake darkness. Think about it. When you walk into a dark room, you turn on a light and the light rids the room of darkness. The only way for the darkness to return is to remove the light-it cannot automatically return. We are living in a dark world. Poverty. Injustice. Death. Trafficking. The numbers are overwhelming. The statistics numbing. The stories heartbreaking. And in the midst of…
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The Next Step Is…
Tweet I should know to never get too settled or make too many long term plans. God always seems to keep me in limbo just long enough to doubt Him and then BOOM! There is a plan that happens so fast my head is spinning and my emotions are trying hard to keep up. Thus the past week of my life. One big whirlwind of emotions. I went from having no plan to having a very defined, long term plan. And the craziest part-its not one iota of what I thought the plan would be. Go back 1o days ago or so. Its a Thursday night. Always on the…
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Brutal, but Beautiful
Tweet Crash. Burn. Flounder. Flail. That most accurately describes my transition back to life here in America. I don’t say home because well, I am not sure where home is anymore. More appropriately, I am realizing that home is not a place, but an idea and a sense of belonging to wherever you are. And of course, this world is only my temporary home thus it will never truly feel like home. But back to the transition. I have learned a lot about myself over the past six weeks or so. Starting with, no matter how hard I try, I just do not transition well. I was determined…
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Wedding Love
Tweet Well, my first attempt to blog again ended in my well-thought out post mysteriously disappearing. It was here and when I published it apparently it vanished. So try attempt #2. I am back. And while this post may not be earth-shattering, I finally decided I needed to get back to writing. I love it so much, but just needed some time to process and adjust to life back at home. Tis the season of weddings!! That handsome guy is my brother and the bride is my new sister!!—> My little brother got married about three weeks ago. I got home just in time for the wedding to…
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See Ya Later
Tweet I HATE saying good-bye and I have done my fair share of it lately. And I promised I would blog this week so while I am not sure how many people read this, I figured I should follow through. Sadly this is not the post most were hoping for. In the past two and a half weeks, my life has changed in almost every way imaginable. Some of those changes were anticipated, but some caught me completely off guard. They have all left me feeling very frustrated, overwhelmed, depressed, lonely, and often like an utter and complete failure. While I realize this is hard to understand, as I have…
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The Longest Monday of My Life
Tweet Literally. Thanks to the world being round, my Monday will officially last 38 hours. That is almost how much people work in a week, but instead of working 5 days, I will spend one very very long day traveling. Here is how my 38 hour Monday will look: Wake up 3:30am. Take quick shower and say good-bye to Anna. (probably a very tearful one!) 4:00am. Head to Saipan Airport. It will take me about 5 minutes to check in which leaves me 1 hr and 55 mins to sit in a tiny airport. Dumb airport regulations. I will then spend the next 30 hours flying/sitting in airports to reach my…
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Leaving without a Destination–or How I am Becoming a Risk Taker
Tweet Play it safe. Have a plan. Know what’s next. Stick to it. Those have been my life mantras. I have always known what I am doing next. I have never quit a job without having another one. I have never left without knowing exactly where I was going and what I was going to be doing. I research, plan, and write down every detail about everything I do. I have just never been one for taking risks, for just showing up, or for enjoying the ride. I am always looking forward to what is next. That is all about to change. In 4 days I am leaving…
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I May Get Ex-Communicated
Tweet And while I hope that I do not, I have to write this. I have to say this because I spent a week ashamed at some of the things people do in the name of Christ. I have to write this because we live in a world where slavery will, more than likely, be the biggest global crime industry by the end of the year, and thus, we no longer have the time to worry about offending other people. I recently heard a story of a young prostitute who escaped from her “life” in the industry and attempted to find help at four churches. Each church turned her…
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