I can feel the heat on my neck and hands as I reflect back on a specific day in high school, driving home in my un-air-conditioned car. I don’t remember the events leading to this moment or the days that followed, but there in that blue 1994 Bonneville …
In my previous blog I mentioned the abundance of blessings I experienced in my previous season on life. Today I would like to highlight one of these blessings: the friendship I had with my dear friend Tina. When I was first moving to Sioux Falls, I pos …
Exactly one year ago my mom and I took off on a road trip to Colorado Springs, Colo., where I tried to reconnect with people at Focus on the Family by visiting those I had known and worked with during my internship. I was going with my gut instinct of …
Not until after college did I truly understand the importance and beauty of “the weekend.” The real world doesn’t allow for snow days, cancelled classes or generous professors. Instead, schedules remain consistent, and responsibilities grow. This isn’t …
As a newly engaged woman, the wedding stresses have been hitting me like bricks lately, and I assume this will continue over the next couple months. I hope through the coming months I can serve to set a good example for a blissful engagement and also d …
Were you born between 1982 and 2004? If so, you are a millennial. Having been born in 1989, I am undeniably a millennial. I don’t mind being put in an age category; age is irrefutable and therefore nothing I can change. I’m 22 and perfectly OK with tha …
When I was growing up, I was extremely fortunate to be surrounded by a force of grandparents: two grandpas, two grandmas and two great-grandmas. And I lived no more than 15 minutes away from all of them. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time with them …
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