Last week, Kevin and I went backpacking on the Appalachian Trail. Â I loved it. Â And I hated it. Â And now, days later, I still want to go back. Identity intrigues me, the way we allow the details of life to shape our perception of possibility; the way I have limited my own view of who […]
Word to the wise: when you step off the airplane in Mexico, prepare to be deceived. The plane lands, and we share a conspiratorial smile, Kevin and me. Â It is the smile of sixteen years as best friends, our souls all blended together; the smile that travels all the way up to our eyes, glinting […]
There are times, when if I had those red shoes, I’d smack the heels together until my feet hurt. The longing for home aches deep, a hunger that won’t go away. I’m not talking about the home I live in here that still stands (praise God) 100 feet—if that—from utter devastation. I’m talking about the […]
Ocracoke is a beautiful island, and our life here for the last week has been like a dream. This is my view, sitting on the deck, where today writing follows lectio divina. On at least one evening, I finished the day in this spot, as the last evidence of the dying sun melted into the […]
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