This post is a little different but, oddly enough, a long time coming. And I think deep down, almost none of us are surprised. When I was little and hurricane Ivan came trotting through, I baked cookies and stirred up some lemonade, packed it up in my...
It was 9:45 and by golly, we wanted smoothies or cheesecake or something that would help make the end of a long, long day a tiny bit better. The Starbucks on campus closes at 10:00, but when we went over at 9:47 they told us they’d already shut it all...
Heavens above how did we get here? I think one of my favorite parts of the night was my mother saying, “You’re so comfortable here.” Because I am, so comfortable. And then Holly with her, “Have you ever thought about interning here?” Um yes, yes of course....
About a year and a half ago I shared a link to Facebook, six months later I received a text saying “Hey, can you just tweak that a bit and send it to me so I can post it on our site?” “Of course,” I said. And I sent her the link. And somehow, somewhere...
There is an unspoken calling when you have a blog: to bring truth and light, to spread your beliefs and lessons out around you in hopes that people will sit down with you to listen and learn. And there is a special beauty when someone says "Hey, here...
These girls are the first people I spoke to at the school in Honduras without a translator, on my own, without the crutch of some other English speaker beside me. Well, actually, I mostly just sat there and tried to understand as best I could what they...
There is this fear that every choir member has as they graduate from Spivey— an uncanny loathing for those teal seats that you’ve stared at for so long and will soon have to join in the audience. You hate them unconsciously, but as you leave from your...
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