Faith in the Moving

mid-May: I came across the application for More Love Letters (MLL) accepting writers for their blog in a Facebook group. Writing applications for blogs have always scared me. Filling this one out solidly moved me out dreaming about writing for others and firmly into the Writer category.   mid-July: I received an email from More … Continue reading Faith in the Moving

On Living Our Best Life

Today we both wore collared shirts to work. Anthony has been wearing one everyday for two months now. I wore my first one ever today. AND it has the name of the company on it! (It's the little things, people.) It's my second-ever company shirt. I received my first company t-shirt literally two days ago. … Continue reading On Living Our Best Life

An Open Letter to My First Guest Post

Dear Top 6 Writing Tools, You are my first ever guest post. You gave me my first public writing experience. It was magic to see you all lit up with hearts and likes, comments and a couple shares. I sat at my desk all morning watching you work your magic. I videoed myself in my … Continue reading An Open Letter to My First Guest Post

My Top 6 Writing Tools! (Or, My First Ever Guest Post)

You GUYS! I died and went to writing heaven Monday night. I wrote a listicle {article + list} for the Writing With Ink & Grace blog! It's live. Right now. Let me back up. I met Ashly Hilst on Instagram via a survey she was doing about the writing life and writing struggles. I responded … Continue reading My Top 6 Writing Tools! (Or, My First Ever Guest Post)

Word.

Last Wednesday I posted this photo on Instagram and Facebook: With these words typed below it: This semester Wednesday nights look like this. Anthony works after Program so we meet at the Senior Center early before Bible Study. I bring him food and usually coffee (this week it was orange juice) and we talk about … Continue reading Word.

Blog-tember Challenge // Day 6: What I’m Listening To

Music is powerful. You can hear songs that were so important and meaningful to you from childhood and high school again in your 20s and know 99.9% of the music and lyrics and, at the same time, be transported back to a memory that you associate with those lyrics and tune. At my parents' house … Continue reading Blog-tember Challenge // Day 6: What I’m Listening To

Blog-tember Challenge // Day 5: A Memorable Birthday

I have enjoyed many memorable birthdays. For my 18th birthday, my parents and sister threw me a surprise party (my cousin wrote me a song!). When I turned 19 (or 20), I was working at McDonalds and some of my church family from Rescue showed up at the end of my shift. (That was a … Continue reading Blog-tember Challenge // Day 5: A Memorable Birthday