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My Future Is Not Contingent Upon My Relationship Status
Tonight I was having a conversation with my mom, and we somehow got on the topic of marriage and children. The words “I don’t know if I’ll get married or have kids” left my…
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Questions You Ask When Waiting for Biopsy Results
I don’t usually post the videos from my YouTube channel on this blog unless I have a really good reason to. This just happens to be one of those things. I was going to…
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Are There Dialects of the Internet?
A number of weeks ago a friend of mine sent me the following YouTube video posted by the PBS Idea Channel: (Note: It’s pretty long so you don’t have to watch the whole thing,…
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The Midterm Wall
It has reached that point in the term where the following things can be overheard on a daily basis on most college campuses: “How is everyone today?” [various grunts, moans, and other noises that…
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Rethinking the Purpose of Education
We live in a culture that seems to want to tell its children one of two things. The first is that they can be “whatever they want to be” when they grow up. The…
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The Joy of Work
A common theme in my life right now is busyness. I spend nearly every waking moment working. Working on homework. Reading for school. Reading as a discipline to become a better reader, better writer,…
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Intentional Living: Finding Balance and Being a Role Model
Now that we’re in the third week of classes and the dust of a new term has finally settled, I decided to take some time to write a new blog post. My schedule is kind…
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Waiting
We live in a world of instant gratification. Why send a handwritten letter if you can get a text in a few seconds? Why spend hours in the library pouring over books if you…
Finding the Pieces
The story of how a lost boy found home
Finding the Pieces 