Called.

As a Christian who lives not only in Washington, D.C., but mere blocks from the Supreme Court, I can say that today was really hard. If I’m being honest it was my hardest day here to date. I’ve been living in this amazing city for four weeks and every single day, I have been reminded […]

What Gets You Out Of Bed in the Morning?

Almost a year ago, a friend of mine asked me a profound question: “What gets you out of bed in the morning?” My answer was one, that at the time, I thought was wrought with deep thought and passion. I answered that the reason I got out of bed each morning, the reason that my […]

Thank You

To the family next to me at Starbucks: You see, I really enjoy eavesdropping and people watching. Too many times I see the worst in humanity. I see people checking out what they shouldn’t or taking what isn’t theirs. I see people in their natural state—the state we all are in when we think no one […]

// Unlikely Places //

I’m not sure why, but there is something so soothing about sitting in a coffee shop, music softly playing, warm beverage in hand and a blank Word document in front of you. It’s rare that I’m struck with this sort of inspiration on a Monday, but today strikes me as different than the rest—and not […]

Dust to Dust

“It’s not your eyes It’s not what you say It’s not your laughter That gives you away You’re just lonely You’ve been lonely, too long” The Civil Wars released this song a few years ago and I just now got around to listening to it. Call it my new favorite, call it my home, call […]

Risking it All

Lately, I’ve realized that “risk” is something that our society is enamored with currently. Risking it all for love. Risking it all for fame or money or glory or anything “great”. I for one, am really not a huge fan of risk. If you give me a choice to use a tried and true method […]

Treble Clef

A friend recently challenged me to blog more and I think his ideas are going to pay off well.  This time, he challenged me to write about music and the power that it has. Ironically, it isn’t too far from something I genuinely have thought about writing about.  In the last few weeks, I have […]

Learning to Let Go(d)

I’ll preface this by saying that I’m a huge fan of Ann Voskamp. Her writing style is phenomenal and beautiful, inspirational to so many women. However, I’m not Ann, and this blog is just what’s going on with me. So I’ll try to make it beautiful and inspirational, but in the end, this is simply […]

2014

I hate those blogs that detail just how awful the previous year was and just how ah-mazing the next year is going to be. Frankly, 2013 was stupendous and it is going to take a lot to beat that. Fortunately, that’s not my goal. I think that 2013 changed me in ways that no other […]

2013: Love, Change, Sacrifice and Letting Go

I’m such a sucker for a year in review, and as I perused my blog this afternoon in an attempt to avoid studying for exams, I realized how close it was to the end of the year.  So much has happened for me in 2013 and I have been incredibly blessed this year.  At the […]