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:…

To Have and to Hold

On Tuesday, Miguel and I celebrated three years of marriage. In the grand scheme of things, that doesn't seem like a lot. We've lived a lot more life than that, and we will, Lord willing, live a lot more life. But upon further reflection three years is quite an accomplishment, I think. I made a…

Man, Wife, & God

Oops. It's been a month since I last posted... Summer sabbatical? I'm going to try really hard to keep writing over the summer, but thus far, I have failed. I just got back to my parents' house (where I'll be settling in until August) from a quick trip to Ohio to visit Miguel's family and a wedding.…

Call Day

I've been counting down the days until Call Day since last year. I started the countdown after walking out of the 3:00pm Vicarage Placement Service. After sitting through that service, hearing the churches, towns, and states that my friends would be living in, I couldn't wait until it was our turn. Today I looked at…