Category: Thoughts About Life
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Stop Trying to Fix the World with Condescending Love
When I was a teenager, a well-intentioned woman in my church decided that she wanted to “love on” us youth girls. To “connect” with us. To “hear our hearts.” Maybe I should give her credit for caring and trying. But the truth is, none of us liked her. When she talked, she always sounded holier…
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Five Actual Romantic Lessons from the Life of Ruth
Note: This piece was originally published on my Patreon last May. To celebrate my 1 year anniversary on the platform, I decided to dig into the archives and share one of my posts on my regular blog. … Confession: I missed out on a lot of Christian Purity Culture because I found it so mind-numbingly…
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Rambling Quarantine Thoughts
Thought 1: Nutria Our house sits at an intersection, and our yard is full of wide open spaces. If I spend time outdoors on these beautiful spring days I feel very looked at. So I’ve taken to hanging out down by the creek, where bushy trees screen me from the rest of the world, although I…
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Stay Gold, Jenny
Dear Jenny, Today is April 21, and you are now 21. Your golden birthday. I remember looking at you when you were a small child, and thinking about the cold hard truth that you might grow up some day. I hated that thought. You were so adorable, with your red curls and happy giggles. I…
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Why is no one talking about finger foods? And other coronavirus hot takes
Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Cover your cough. We get it. It’s the same set of advice we get every year when the seasonal flu hits. But every time I wonder, why does no one talk about finger foods? American eating habits are weird. We often wash our hands before a meal, where…
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Leap Day: What I Wish it Was
Sometimes at night I lie in bed and imagine what would happen if I had more time. What if a magical fairy came to me and allowed me to step outside of time for a while? What if I could go work on some sewing projects, answer some emails, read a good book, and catch…
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February 2020 Life Update
Hello, folks. Here in Oregon, fake spring is well underway. The wetness is peppered with a few mild days. The daffodils bloomed at the end of January–the earliest I’ve ever seen them. And the camellias too, of course. The flowering plum blossoms will be next. Despite this, precedent tells me that we still have over…
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My Ideals for a Man
I asked Instagram for help with blog post ideas, and someone suggested that I write about my ideals for a man. Hmmmmmmm…… Here are my thoughts. Thought #1: Isn’t it funny how your ideals change as you get older? Like, in my teens and early 20s I was into the interesting guys. You know, the super-extroverted…
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My Top 10 Moments of the Decade
Today is the last day of 2019. The last day of the 2010s. It wasn’t quite the decade I expected it to be. I thought I’d publish books, and fall in love, and get married, and maybe move to a different country, and perhaps have a baby. None of those things happened. What happened, instead,…
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 