Finding the Pieces
The story of how a lost boy found home
Category: Blog Posts
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As I’m writing this blog post it is approximately 1:50 a.m. on (technically) Christmas day. I’ve just spent the last two hours watching a movie while drinking tea, and about two hours before that I was hugging my mom and brother and telling them “Merry Christmas.” It was a wonderful night, and I can’t stop…
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For those of you who might have been reading this blog for more than a few months, you might remember that I used to write a lot about my weight loss journey. You might also have noticed that I haven’t really written about that journey in a long time. I could give the excuse that…
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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 mouth and I immediately knew that I had said the wrong thing. Actually, a better way to put that is I…
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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 write a blog post about this experience, but at the time I was still processing everything and talking it out made…
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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, but it’s pretty great and I think it’s worth a few more minutes of not doing your homework) In the video,…
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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 were anything but proper English] [in a happy voice] “I got four hours of sleep last night!” Student 1: Can we…
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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 second is that they can be whatever they want to be as long as what they want to be is practical…
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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, better scholar, and a better me. Working on my writing skills. Working on YouTube. Working on internships. Working at a gas…
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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 of insane right now, but I need to remember to take time to do what I want to do. Don’t get…
Finding the Pieces 