WHERE HAVE I BEEN?? Oh, you know….  Just bummin’ around. Bummin’ around Switzerland, to be exact. Enjoying breathtaking views… …in great company. I was there for my mission’s conference, where we deprived missionaries spent hours commiserating about how we suffer for God…. …in our five-star hotel.  There were fabulous meetings and wonderful speakers.  Primary lesson […]

I’ve spent a lot of time this week considering the many flavors of friendship I’m blessed to know.  And rather than write a long entry about the people I treasure, I thought I’d resort to pictures taken in the last three weeks alone.  Each one of these people is precious to me, though they’re as […]

It has recently come to my attention that a brave young man at BFA used the Budefest to initiate himself to…blood sausage.  Now, you may not be familiar with this distasteful, blood-filled intestine, which the Germans like to roast and eat with bread.  It really looks very much like what it is, and taking a […]

We experience few sacred moments in our lives.  Having spent the morning with Michelle Tebbe and her ever expanding belly, I’ve come to the conclusion that childbirth must be one such moment…  Have you ever caught yourself staring at an expectant mom’s stomach and trying to imagine the life inside–conscious, thumb-sucking, high-kicking life just waiting […]

So here’s my assignment for ALL of you: Define yourself in one sentence. I attempted it myself yesterday, as I was (horrors!) creating a Facebook profile (I feel like such a wannabe-young-and-cool-college-chick…ew).  The general result? “I am a kaleidoscope of far-flung thoughts and stagnant pain and errant dreams–which hope and Heaven’s Hand bid flow back […]

I received an email from someone very special tonight, and I hope that “someone” won’t mind me sharing it with you.  It goes something like this: ……it’s starting to hit. really, really hard.  i miss everyone so much. i’m not looking forward to anything. i don’t feel comfortable anywhere…  i dont have a home anymore.  […]

Alright, alright…  So you can’t stare at thermometers and fried eggs for more than a week at a time.  I’ll update already!  You may now officially stop harassing me! I’ve been spending some time at the beach lately.  I’d like to say “a lot of time”, but the fact is, I don’t like the beach.  […]

’nuff said………..

In my last entry, I told you about the most comical (and frustrating?) experience of my trip South.  But my most memorable experience–in a marking, sobering sense–was the visit my mom and I made to Washington, DC.  It was on a cloudy day that we walked around Washington’s Mall, stopping along the way at three […]

Ah, the South of the United States.  I just LOVE it–the people, the culture, the mile-long drawl.  It’s just important to stay out of the way of harvesters… …as this unfortunate soul learned the hard way!  I must admit that I fell in love during my trip.  And, shamefully, TWICE.  The first object of my […]