Wannabe writer with hobby of art. Stay and you'll glimpse a small piece of my heart.
Don't go church shopping. You're not picking out a new pair of jeans, you're joining a community. A family. Stay and commit. It's more about what you put in and give. It's about obedience. Worshipping God shouldn't be about making it suit you.
Read moreCovers: The Autobiography of George Müller, Django Unchained, PsychoPass, Amanda the Explorer 2, and more!
Read moreThe overhead lights were too much. I couldn't bear more than the light of a candle or the bedside lamp. Cocooned, I lay in bed, 6,600 miles away from my husband, and realized I'd hit a hard limit.
Read moreI'll be the first to say that perhaps I don't really understand the heart of evangelical Christianity. I believe there is great good there, certainly they have a zealous fire that many areas of the church lack.
Read moreOnce upon a time, there was a little girl with practically zero social skills—even for a five-year-old. She believed right was right, wrong was wrong, and teacher should always be told what happened—even if it made the other kids glare at her.
Read moreThis is not my dish, but my husband has long dreamed of an era where sashimi grade fish is close enough to our home that it wouldn't spoil on a car drive back to our house. He recently realized we've been living that dream for eight months and haven't taken advantage of it.
Read moreWithin moments of waking up, I knew today was going to be hard. Again.
Read moreThere is a fabled miso paste that Sergey and I once found at a little stoneware teakettle shop that also sold miso paste. A store attendant stood outside with samples of the most incredible miso soup I'd ever tasted.
Read moreEight months living in Tokyo. It's easier than I thought...
Read moreCovers: Severance, The Phantom of the Opera, The Wild Robot, Dororo, and more!
Read moreOccasionally I will be going about my day while my Spotify playlist courses through my earbuds, when a well-worn song will suddenly undergo a complete tone shift in my head. One such instance occurred recently, and I would like to inflict it on you.
Read moreCovers: Mein Kampf (first half), The Fox Wife, The Ancient Magus' Bride, and more!
Read moreAfter one month of language class, part of my brain is screaming that there is no way I will ever be able to speak Japanese with any level of fluency.
Read moreCovers: Arcane, The Sound of Hope, Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, the Ender Saga, and more!
Read moreI think that I'm far more afraid of suffering than I am of death. At the moment, what really shakes me up is picturing long-term cancer treatments or thinking about Alzheimer's rewinding my memory a month or a year at a time.
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