Ben preached a sermon this Sunday and a verse from his text especially struck me. (For those who don’t know, Ben is my pretty awesome and super handsome boyfriend! He loves me more than I deserve and I appreciate him more than he knows.) You can read the whole sermon on his blog. Image created…

Not much to say other than I’ve been blowing it this evening. Can’t lie, work was stressful today: end of the month reporting pressures, computer issues for most of the morning, interpersonal office dynamics flaring up, and a day full of storm sirens. Thought I was handling it all very well (Warning #1) and left…

I’ll just confess: I enjoy following the royalfamily. I dutifully woke up at the crack of dawn to watch Will and Kate tie theknot; they needed my support. I bought all those Princess Diana books Goodwill hasin safekeeping, you know exactly what I’m talking about. I subscribe to“Clarence House” on Twitter. I drink out of…

I’ve never been much for sports, but now I find myself dating a guy who is crazy over Reds baseball, Ohio State games, and Bengals football. I find myself having conversations I never thought possible, like about how amazing that Hail Mary pass was or how talented Aaron Rodgers is. Sports do take a turn…

  Taken by Mae Suramek One of my highly ambitious goals for 2012 is to develop my professional writing platform. First things first  I need a brand, an image, a marketing plan! What makes me different from F. Scott Fitzgerald? From Toni Morrison?  You, my faithful followers, will need to know the difference. As I’ve…

As I reflect upon the past twelve months – as many people do at one year’s end and another’s beginning – I realize that 2011 has been a bit of a roller coaster. That’s no exaggeration. In December alone I completed two major final projects, attended my grandfather’s funeral, graduated from college, celebrated my twenty-second…

With college graduation coming up in less than a month, most of my writing – actually ALL of my writing – has been confined to academic pursuits. However, I do have a small something to share! One of my final projects is a short, first-person, story. Here is the opening I’ve been working out. Enjoy!…

I hate to talk about my personal life on such a public forum as this, but God has been using my wiser, more mature boyfriend to teach me a great deal lately and I’m compelled to share the knowledge. I say “wiser” and “more mature” because, quite frankly, he is. My boyfriend (Ben) has spend…

Hello blogging world! It’s been a wee while. My life somehow amped to warp speed when I wasn’t looking! Why the busyness? I moved into my first apartment (in the process of getting settled), am taking summer classes (which will allow me to graduate a semester early – this December), and working two jobs (to…

Recently, I’ve been thinking about the paradox, “Opposites attract.” Why do opposites exist? What causes opposites to attract? How in the world are opposites supposed to work together? When you answer these questions, let me know! Nothing has taught me more about opposites than dating.  That’s right. The girl who was going to traipse the…