Posts Tagged: writing

Mirror, mirror

January 22, 2013

Thanksgiving 2008. My family went to my sister’s in Boston and I stayed home to work on my grad school and to attend youth ministry events that I had scheduled for around Thanksgiving. There was no way I was spending the holiday with my still-less-than-5-years divorced parents, 4 siblings, plus a friend or two, all staying in my sister’s home in Boston. That was too many people in a too small space. But see, I found out from my sister …

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Ask & you shall receive

January 22, 2013

There’s a story I once heard, a story of a man. Jacob was a good man, a kind man; all the people in the town would bring their animals to him and he would tend to the sicknesses. One day, Jacob heard a knock on his door, and when he went to answer it, all he saw was a wrapped up large package on his doorway. Jacob looked out to the trees and nodded his head in acknowledgment and gratitude, for …

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6 months

January 17, 2013

Nearly 6 months ago, I journeyed to Guatemala with International Samaritan , an organization that specifically works with those who live in garbage dump communities. There are several places where I’ve written about life in the garbage dump: here , and  here , and here are some of them.  When I left, I knew that more than the effect I would have on the people (through building roofs, working with kids, etc), the transformation in my own life would be immeasurable. I gave the gift …

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NaNoWriMo final

November 29, 2012

For the month of November I’ve been absent from the blog… First, apologies to everyone who was expecting my posts. Shortly before November 1 (maybe Oct 25? Oct 27?) I learned about National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriM o and decided to go for it. I wasn’t quite sure why or how or what I was going to write, but I knew that something about it was right for me, right now. Enter the month of November, a month where I …

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NaNoWriMo

November 02, 2012

So yesterday, in procrastination, here’s a list of what I accomplished: 1) Changed cat litter box 2) Cleaned bedroom 3) Organized bookshelf 4) Cleaned bathroom (everything in it!) 5) Vacuumed floor 6) Changed bedsheets 7) Washed & dried blankets for my bed 8) Ran dishwasher 9) Organized my incense 10) Went and bought cupcakes for my client Does it sound like I was procrastinating? My room hasn’t been this clean in ages, and as I sat, after 4 hours of …

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