Over the past several years of blogging, I’ve established a year-end tradition of reflecting on the previous calendar year with a post commemorating the year’s highlights and favorites. Though 2020 was far from what we all envisioned twelve months ago, it was still a year worth remembering and memorializing. So today, on this final day… Continue Reading
As is always the case, December was a whirlwind month that is coming to a close much sooner than I’d like. What a fun month we’ve had, though, with so many wonderful memories to look back on. // READING LATELY // I (unintentionally) read a number of nicely-paired books this month: White Awake and Blackout… Continue Reading
“Perseverance is not the result of our determination, it is the result of God’s faithfulness.” ~ Eugene Peterson Continue Reading
The carols streaming from our Sonos speaker this Holiday Season have elicited in me an unanticipated bevy of emotions. There is comfort in the familiar songs; but they’ve also drawn my attention to the incongruities of this particular Christmas. Not only am I participating in the annual mental gymnastics required to celebrate “walking in a… Continue Reading
I’ve read that “it’s not the experience that brings transformation, it’s our reflection upon our experience,” and my thirty-six years on this earth have shown this to be true. The transformative power of rear-view-mirror introspection is why I’ve embraced a practice of reflecting on what I’ve learned at the end of every season (this past winter,… Continue Reading
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” ~ Epicurus Continue Reading
Take some time in the midst of the season’s hustle and bustle (or perhaps this year’s uncomfortable lack of hustle and bustle) to appreciate the words of wisdom and encouragement in these links. Made to Believe, by Jun Shu “I realized we all were made to believe in something. That something we believe would serve… Continue Reading
December is halfway over, which means just one thing: it’s time for the post I know you’ve all been anxiously awaiting (insert winky face emoji)—my annual recap of my reading life from the past twelve months, plus a list of my favorite books of the year. I contemplate this post all year long, and I… Continue Reading
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” ~ Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) Continue Reading
I have a whopping EIGHT book reviews to share with you today, so let’s skip the formalities and get right to the reviews! Big Lies in a Small Town, by Diane Chamberlain: In 2018, Morgan Christopher is a budding artist spending time in a North Carolina prison for a crime she didn’t commit. When she… Continue Reading