It’s that time of year. Parents are busy figuring out what to buy or make for their child’s classmates. Bits of “love” paper are about to make their way into your home via bags or shoe boxes. Here’s something that won’t cost a lot and is simple for someone with a printer. Just 8 basic […]
…be the same
I just remembered a poem I wrote in French while attending an immersion program the summer of 1999. Like a song, I repeated three lines that spoke to how the summer had changed me and to how different I was from classmates. I wrote it during the final week of six. And then I remembered […]
the truth
what is it you just have to do? what is it your life depends on? open up yourself and do it. don’t worry about who’s watching or if no one’s watching or listening. whether you’re in your car or bathroom or in front of 10,000, do it right. let it come out of you honestly. […]
excited…humbled…thrilled…slightly confused
southern gospel music is certainly more than meets the eye/ear. it’s a culture i appreciate more now, i respect more now, i’m excited about more now… i sang today during performance training. it’s during this section that allison durham speer lets you sing then critiques you or critiques you while you’re singing. i was really […]
should we stay?
sda education has its + and its – so we stay? should we stay? i’m torn when it comes to my younger siblings. their first year of university will be sda. after that…i want to encourage them to go somewhere else, somewhere non-sda. allow them to taste the outside, the place we’re supposed to go […]