PLEASE LOVE ME + other lies I hold onto

PLEASE LOVE ME + other lies I hold onto

Thursday, May 17, 2018

When I was twelve I remember scaling the local library shelves for hours looking for the most interesting books. I love libraries - the smell, the crusty new-age librarian ladies, the magazine racks of VOGUE and Chatelaine and Seventeen magazine, the comic books and the really dusty and tattered Shakespeare plays in Ye Olde English Print - were all part of my little childhood dreamscape. One day I...

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons.

Lemons, Lemons, Lemons.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Hey you. Yeah, you.Your negativity is boring az. I've been trying to find a way to say this in the kindest, most blogger-ly and gentle way. But the words just didn't come. I think we all know what it's like to feel that ugly part of ourselves rise up when we see something that we don't like, aren't comfortable with, or are a little challenged by. Seeing somebody soar or try something new...

For When You Forget Why

For When You Forget Why

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

I recently volunteered at a young adults conference (Fluid) and it almost blew my mind how spiritually dry I felt coming into it. Contrary to every Christian camp pep-talk or youth group spiel you've ever heard - sometimes a spiritual high is the TLC you need to get back on track and open your heart up. A little wash in God's goodness and mercy, seeing what he's doing in the lives of others -...