I am 34 but every know and again I feel like an awkward middle schooler wondering why I couldn’t go to Elise’s “slumber extravaganza.” Every now and again I feel insecure. And just a little left out. I am one of those people who is naturally inclusive. I love, love, LOVE introducing one friend to […]
Lately I have noticed that we (yes, me too) sure tweet a lot of lies. We tweet a lot of untruths, falsehoods, fibs, fabrications, deceptions, inventions, pieces of fiction, falsifications, half-truths, exaggerations, and tall tales. Plainly, we tweet lot of crap. Call me a skeptic BUT was that sandwich REALLY the best thing you have […]
A couple of weeks ago, my sister sent me this quote by Henri Nouwen. (Because that is type of well-read, thoughtful sister she is.) Somewhere we know that without a lonely place our lives are in danger. Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, without […]
A couple of weeks ago I started talking to Kyle Reed about a blog redesign. Our conversation went something like this. Kyle: When are you going to customize Standard Theme on your blog? Me: When are YOU going to customize Standard Theme on my blog? Seriously. I know it looks boring. Feel free to spice […]
I hate saying “no”. I hate disappointing people. I hate not being able to give people exactly what they want. Too often my inbox, my voicemail, and all the other spots where I can get incoming messages (of which there are TOO MANY), are clogged with people I need to get back with and share […]
There is something funny (weird, not haha) about having a blog where you claim to be “candid”, “authentic”, even “transparent”… Because no matter how hard you try you inevitably encounter things that you can’t write about, things that are not appropriate to be hashed out in this space, things that are too intimate, too unresolved, […]
So often what we want is not really what we need. We want a cheeseburger, but we need a salad. We want to ride off into the sunset bad boy, but we need to grow old with a solid, dependable best friend. We want to run kicking and screaming at the first sign of trouble, […]
I rang in New Years with six friends who I love like family. Six friends who have invested time and energy into my life. Six friends who inspire me to dream big, love boldly, and live faithfully. Six friends who were not even on my radar this time last year. Yep, that’s right. I wasn’t […]
