We know Ellie from church. I (Sam) first met Ellie when we were all getting ready to go on a mission trip to Mexico together. Then when we were done getting ready, Mexico got a dose of us. It was an amazing experience that made us all realize how little we actually impacted the lives […]

Meet Linda, Bob, Joanna and Jake. Linda was Reid’s teacher from 1st grade to 8th grade in a one-room schoolhouse at the foot of the mountains. Joanna is Linda and Bob’s daughter. Bob’s a recovering lawyer who writes novels (his words). Jake is Joanna’s son. Jake is a character. Get it? Got it. Good 🙂   […]

I just had a breakthrough. After spending the first three weeks of grad school feeling pretty certain that I was the most inept fraud ever to trip through the front doors of the ivory tower and erratically bursting into tears every time I thought about the mounds of reading I had to do and papers […]

It’s been a while since I’ve done a “My Favorite Things Friday” post, and I wanted to do something that’s been on my mind a lot lately. Mad Men. Hope you weren’t expecting deeper and thought-provoking. Netflix recently made “Mad Men” available to watch instantly, and I’ve been wanting to see what the show is […]

It’s Wednesday. The middle of the week. And if you’re like me, you’re feeling a little bit, shall we say, swamped. Yesterday, in particular, was especially overwhelming, and I was in danger of not being my usual, upbeat self. I just started grad school, and feelings of inadequacy and “OMG I CAN’T DO THIS!!!!” started to rear […]