Before, during, and after the college journey (particularly if you have a graduate school or post-school education to complete) there are many, many, many applications to complete for various reasons (e.g. job, school). I don’t know about you but every time I complete one I have to devote time to locating all the contact information,…
Category: Uncommon Life
I can’t say goodbye
I’ve been home for sevenish months now, but I still feel like I just got back. I have moments of walking down the sidewalk and hearing someone laugh behind me. I’ll turn around before I even think about it, expecting to see one of the kids I met this summer. I cry at odd times,…
Savor Endings
Change is hard. Endings are hard. Cliche, obvious statements to make, I know. But that does not make them any less true. Or change any less difficult. Just because something is good does not require that it must also be easy. Changes, goodbyes, endings all make me slightly more introspective and contemplative for a time….
My Soapbox and Francine Rivers’ “The Masterpiece”
I find that in today’s circle of Christian fiction there is a hard balance to find between necessary details and inappropriate intensity. By this, I am specifically referring to creating a romantic plot-line or developing an antagonist. Romance may need to be more than the cliche “side hug,” and certainly a king of the underworld…