friendship is acting out God's love for people in tangible ways. we were made to represent the love of God in each other's lives, so that each person we walk through life with has a more profound sense of God's love for them. friendship is an opportunity to act on God's behalf in the lives of the ...
musical mail
i received a package last week. while i hoped it was my long-awaited summer dress from etsy (come on, dress, get here already!), a quick glance at the return address revealed something different. for instead of seeing a taiwanese place of origin (perhaps the reason for its tardiness -cross-continental traveling...), i saw a local address -one ...
what’s in a name
have you ever called someone the wrong name? i have. for a good three years now. you'd think for someone who gets called "donna" almost on a weekly (basis because apparently i don't enunciate the "shuh" well enough), i would be more mindful of addressing people by their proper name -especially when said person wears a NAME TAG, ...
fancy doodling
einstein (and after i googled it, apparently a heck of a lot of other people did, too) once said that we should never stop learning. if by "learning" he meant, "never stop committing to memory random celebrity facts for use as ice breakers at social functions when the conversation has reached a lull" then, i'm ...
makin’ waves
so operation hair-beautification commences in t-minus 24 hours and on the excitement scale, i'm at about an 87 (mind you the scale runs from one to ten). while i know better than to change up the shade (ginge for life!), i'd be lying if i said that i wasn't interested in mixing it up a ...
appreciated patronage
that awkward moment when the server at east village asian diner totally calls you out on the proximity of your current visit to your last one and then goes so far as to tell you exactly where you were sitting, and oh yes, what your hair was doing on your last visit. i'm pretty sure if i had ...
over & under
Chastity: I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed? Bianca: I think you can in Europe. lately i've been dreaming about europe. for a multitude of reasons, really. i mean, for one, why wouldn't someone dream about europe? if only for the swoon-worthy accents and abundance of gelato, ...
notes from niequist: home team
there is a totally finite amount of time and energy that each of us have to give to the people in our lives. you can give yours to your home team. or you can spend it haphazardly on an odd collection of people who need something from you, largely because you don't want to say ...
sequins at the supermarket
dressing up five (err, four? mondays aren't my best fashion days) days a week for work has kind of resulted in more "eh, no one will mind if i stay in my lululemon crops and tank all day, right?" attitude when it comes to my weekend wardrobe. i mean, let's be honest, that uniform is ...
notes from niequist: fleeting seasons
i don't know where you are these days, what's broken down and what's beautiful in your life this season. i don't know if this is a season of sweetness or one of sadness. but i'm learning that neither lasts forever. there will, i'm sure, be something that invades this current loveliness. that's how life is. ...
