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  • I Wish I Knew Sooner In My Life… 

    “You learn something new every day.” “You live and you learn.” “Hindsight is always 20/20.” You have probably heard these phrases many times, and you may even repeat them often as well. It is true, we are constantly learning and growing and oftentimes we look back and wish we had known better or done things…

  • In Life, I Wish I Knew Sooner…

    Last week, we discussed things we wish we knew sooner, faith edition. This week is about what we wish we knew sooner, life edition!      On my second day of graduate school, I had a professor stand in front of us. He did not say anything, just smiled at us, and his name was…

  • I Wish I Knew Sooner in my Faith… 

    As we live and learn, sometimes we look back and wish we knew things sooner. If we had known certain things sooner, we may have done things differently. This week, we are sharing some things that we wish we knew sooner in our faith.    God’s plan is always better than mine, even if it…

  • Highs, Lows, Water Buffalo

    It’s hard for me to look back on the past because I have a hard time remembering or valuing the things I’ve accomplished, so I thought I’d bring back one of my college memories and do something my senior year RA used to do at our section dinners every week. She’d go around and ask…

  • Treasured Them and Thank God

    We have great memories that bring us joy and nostalgia, and bad memories that bring us pain. We remember arguments, embarrassing moments, medical scares, and tumultuous moments that changed us. I’ve been struggling with this post because when you read this, Memorial Day will be over and everyone will be back to work. Then, I…

  • Saying Yes Can Bring Joy

    As well as learning to say no to certain things, I have had to learn to say yes to some things. This does not mean that I say yes to every single one of these things every time I have the opportunity, but I say yes to them more often than I used to, which…

  • Saying Yes Is Scary

    Sometimes I dislike the term “people pleaser.” It can be just as hard to say “yes” as it is to say “no.” Especially when you are a quote-unquote “people pleaser.” You are constantly evaluating and psychoanalyzing what you are saying “yes” to. Am I being too selfish? Am I making the right choice?   Is that…

  • The Necessity of No

    Saying no is really difficult and really important, but sometimes it’s hard to know when to say no and when to just tough it out or deal with it. Calling all people-pleasers or conflict avoiders like me — this one’s for us. We don’t want to start an argument or let someone down, so we…

  • Lessons Learned from “No”

    I’ve always been a people pleaser. In college, I worked at a Christian summer camp and had a boss who would constantly tell me to say no. To be funny, I would tell him “No” when he asked me to do something, but really, I did say yes, a lot. Almost to the point of…

  • A Week In My Life

    I’m going to take Abbi’s approach and talk about some of my favorite things that happen in a normal week for me, but also tell you about today (Thursday), because it really was a cool day. I’m a missionary now, a ceramics artist, a writer, and a social media coordinator for a local pregnancy center!…