Winter

Winter is quickly approaching. This year, like any other, some people are thrilled about winter approaching. Some people, however, could not be any more upset about it. I love winter. I love snow. I love Christmas. I love hot chocolate and fireplaces (someday, I will have one). I love Hallmark movies. I love sweaters and…

Words, words, words

I recently read And Then There Were Nun by Jane Christmas. It's the story of Jane entering a convent to decide if that was her calling. In one chapter, she begins discussing Catholic prayers and the changes prayers have taken over the years. People, teachers, parents, etc. are modernizing the language of prayers to make them more…

Communicating Communication

I never fully realized how awful I was at communication until I left home for college. I met new people, I made friends of my choosing, I lived in the same room with another person, and I realized, I'm really good at not communicating. I'm a people-pleaser. I hate confrontation. You've heard it all before:…

Words, words, words

I like lists. A lot. I have lists of quotes, list of books to read, lists of movies to watch, lists of movies to watch again, wish lists, grocery lists, to-do lists, and I've decided to add another much needed list to my life: a list of words. I have kind of always had this…

100 things to do when you’re bored

Read a book (This is always my go-to) Listen to a podcast Brainstorm your own podcast ideas Sing a song Write a song Listen to a song Read your Bible Memorize the books of the Bible Memorize a Bible passage Read a magazine or a newspaper Write a blog post Start a blog, and then…

What I do when I feel blue

There are a lot of days where I just feel very blue. I don't want to do anything. I'm not happy. I'm not necessarily sad, but I'm just feeling down. It's hard to even be around myself on those days, but I'm slowly learning how to make myself feel better or how to distract myself…

The movie that always makes me cry

My Sister's Keeper is the only movie that will never fail to make me cry. Miguel and I watched it on Tuesday night and I bawled. The opening credits make me tear up because I know what's coming. I've seen this movie numerous times, and I think I'm just getting worse about crying. Abigail Breslin's…

Reading Harry Potter. Again.

One of my resolutions this year was to read a chapter of Harry Potter each day. Just one chapter. I thought it would be challenging yet rewarding. I was pretty correct. This morning, I read the last chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (I started a few days late because I was out of…

Come, Lord Jesus

Some days I get overwhelmed by the sin in the world. I opened my Facebook today while I was on hold on a phone call and scrolled through to kill time. I was hit with three stories of girls who were sexually assaulted by grown men whom they should have been able to trust. Earlier…

Podcast Preferences

I jumped on the podcast bandwagon about a year ago. I started commuting to work instead of just walking in the summer of 2017, and it took me a few months to get tired of just listening to music on the drives. So I found some podcasts. These are the podcasts I've found and have…