frederick buechner quote
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
Dec 5
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet.
Sep 24
Is it wrong for me to admit that I didn't miss home when I was there? That I didn't want to come home? That I don't want to BE home? That "home" feels farther away now than ever before?
Jul 23
It's like I set such high standards for myself, like I'd rather spend all my energy proving that I'm actually an alright person. That I'm funny (even when I'm not). That I'm not awkward (even when I am). That I'm not the dumb blonde sorority girl. That there actually IS a brain in there and I'm not just some obtuse, flaky dunce.
Jul 5
As vulnerable as it makes me to admit, I'm really just an anxious wreck who wants the fairytale.
Let's be real...unless you're trying to protect a secret nuclear bomb, or you're creating a cure for (no, not cancer), the obesity epidemic, the future of mankind doesn't depend on you and whether you check everything off this week's to-do list.
Apr 17
Even though I'm only a day older than yesterday, and only a year is added onto my age, I think I like the 22-year-old version of the single, still-haven't-graduated, still-living-at-home, me, a lot better.
Mar 31
I had grown up in a Christian home and considered myself saved, but these people were just plain weird about it. Sure, they seemed happy, but why did they have to plaster their faith everywhere? Didn't they KNOW what others thought of them?
Mar 28
Sometimes when I think about this blog I think, "Is anyone even reading what I'm writing?"