the soundtrack of this season // freewrite

i'm learning (it's ongoing, as it all is) that the background matters. i mean it in the way of music and lyrics and noise. these things of the background, well, they become the soundtrack. they set the tone, cast the light, create the mood.

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going dark for a bit.

i'm stepping away from this space for a while, because i want to listen to what's going on inside of me and respond accordingly

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A Coffee Date // June 13

These posts are a fun way to catch up, share all sorts of the best things in life, and feel like we're connecting despite distance and computer screens and all that.

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let's all calm down

the original post found here has now been removed from my site.

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Christians & Consent: Powerful Responses to the Brock Turner Case

She opened with, “You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today.” Reading that sentence was all it took for there to be chills on my body and tears in my eyes.

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What To Do When There's Nothing You Can Do

When these awful, no-good, very bad things happen to somebody that isn't you, you feel utterly helpless. You feel useless.

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Make Me a Wildflower

a little poem written on a roadtrip down south, about how life should be lived

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20 Books I Want to Read This Summer

These are all books that are sitting on my bookshelf and have been for some time, which means I really need to buckle down and dive in or they'll just keep sitting there while others cycle through.

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Currently // June 1

Here's what I'm planning, enjoying, buying, craving, and pinning lately!

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My May 2016 Reads

May wins the award for the month when I read the most books in a month EVER.

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the end of an era // freewrite

i made a hard choice. my heart felt like it was shattering into little pieces, into fragments i know i'll never put back together again quite the same way.

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The Words Wooing Me Lately

It seems to go without fail that every new season brings with it new ideas, new thoughts to enchant me and catch my attention repeatedly.  These are the words capturing my heart right now.

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73 Questions

I'm totally copying Vogue with this "73 Questions" idea, and stealing this list from a blogger friend, because it's just fun to share ALL THE RANDOM THINGS.

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i am a writer // freewrite

It's been a long while since I've done this. Fifteen minutes, no agenda, no blog thought in mind, no perfectly packaged idea or list or collection of links. It's just me and a blinking cursor on a big white window.

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Five Finds Friday // May 20

Carpool karaoke (because what's funnier) and awesome recipes and StitchFix inspiration and MORE in today's Five Finds Friday!

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