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During my time living in Vermont, I was always looking for ways to meaningfully contribute. I would look around at my neighbors who were teachers, farmers, welders, homesteaders, and —ers of all kinds. I didn’t really have (m)any practical skills … Continue reading →

This installment of writing is very vulnerable and bit of an interlude during A History of Falling in Love. To understand the significance of the how the culmination of my three loves (Collin, Switzerland, and Tolkien) resulted in a grand … Continue reading →

Chapter 2: Unexpected Adventures The summer that Collin and I were 16, we went to Europe for 5 weeks to help serve as junior staff for a Christian leadership training program. We spent the majority of our time in beautiful … Continue reading →

Over the next few days, I’ll be posting a reflection on three of my favorite things: Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, Switzerland, and Collin. I’ll take you on a little time traveling story as I recount how these three things … Continue reading →

I cry daily these days. Until recently, I was never much of a crier. I found the anesthetic quality of anger to be more conducive to functioning amidst pain. I’m learning, however, that it’s healthy to process the more vulnerable … Continue reading →

This phase of life is novel and, at times, uncomfortable. A few months back on Twirling Leaf, I wrote about how much I loved and was rocking midlife. Suspend judgment for a moment when you read this next line, but: … Continue reading →

“Though not true in a literal sense, a myth is not what it is considered to be in everyday speech—a fantasy or a misstatement. It is rather a veiled explanation of the truth. The transformation from fact to myth is … Continue reading →

As it’s almost been a month since the election results, I’m getting some perspective and some experience in the aftermath. I see a lot of people grieving and feeling the impending oppression that looms above us like a cloud of … Continue reading →

The longer I live, and the more varied experiences I have, I realize that my psychological wiring is inclined toward feeling the peaks and valleys of the human experience. And while not everyone will relate to quite the level of … Continue reading →