Travel, Sketching, and an Extraordinary Life
“The only real voyage of discovery . . . consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” —Marcel Proust, In Search of...
“The only real voyage of discovery . . . consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” —Marcel Proust, In Search of...
It was 02/02/2020, and I had just run the best race of my life. Not because I had set any time records, not because I had won a ribbon,...
A few months ago, after being picked up from school to head to the airport (we were flying back to the US for Christmas), my daughter said to me,...
Dear 21-year-old Rachael, Congratulations on landing your first “big girl” job: a high school teaching position in Houston, Texas! You’ll see in time that God knew...
Dear Self, It stinks to feel like a stick in the mud, doesn’t it? Saying no is hard. Feeling like you’re letting people down left, right,...
Dear Younger Self, I wish I could go back and tell you that it’s good to take care of yourself—that people-pleasing, wanting to be perfect, and...
Dear 28-year-old me, Your eyes are wide with wonder as you stare out the airplane window greeted by the sight of tiny islands popping out of...
I have a love-hate relationship with our theme for this month. I need it and I’ve been hurt by it. So as I struggled to figure out how to...
We wait. We yearn. We long. Sometimes we pine for the familiar of days gone by. Other times we thirst for the novelty of desires not...
“I’ve been meaning to ask if you’d like to come up for Christmas?” I blurt out the question mid-conversation. “I mean, it will be really hot,...
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