on Uganda
As I was preparing to teach Project Management this semester, I kept getting stuck on the “team project”. I had a very elaborate hypothetical project …
on losing focus before finding it….
I started the year, as I do every year, with great intentions. Usually this plan germinates during Christmas break, when I find myself out of …
the application.
I trudged into Meijer, head down against the wind, holding tightly to the plastic bag full of mail in my hand. With all of the …
on early bedtimes…
At lunch today, a friend and I were talking about this and that, about my abysmal math abilities and how we divvy up household chores …
on watching your child suffer…
We all sat in the cramped examining room, waiting for the pediatric neurologist to rap on the door. Madi was reading, Fiona was bouncing between …
I’m crying mercy. I give.
My teeth hurt from my sinus infection, my ear is pulsing, and I can’t stay awake without the television on and a laptop in front …
(in)Mercy: Helping to make Christmas special for Mercy House Kenya
Over the last couple of years, I have been tracking along with the (in)courage community, both because of the beautiful God-centered writing and the amazing …
Convocation. From a new perspective.
I palmed my phone and tried to stifle a grin as I walked into chapel for my first university convocation as a faculty member. I …
#cubackoncampus
I stood in the cafeteria entrance with a permagrin on my face. “Welcome to lunch!” I crowed , pointing dazed Moms and Nikon-laden Dads towards …
an update on being “good enough”…
…the GMAT Earlier this summer, I took the GMAT with mixed results. Actually, I was convinced that I bombed and that I was going to …
