Shield Maiden

As Published in Hopeless Case: Essays About Love, Romance, First Kisses, and Faith. Truth or Dare? Truth. When was your first kiss?...

There are enough ways to make a wish that if I listed them all it would fill notebooks and there would be a ton of conflicting...

If I had a thousand wishes, I'd waste them all on you. I have been collecting wishes ever since I was young, much like people collect...

“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and be loved in return.” -Moulin Rouge I do not know much about love. I have never...

I have the amazing opportunity to spend New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day at one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu. I...

At the end of 2017 I had to sit down and really think about the kind of person I want to be and what I have to do to get there. Not in...

A red notification attached itself to the Facebook App on my phone. A new post to the group for my upcoming tour of Peru. 22 Strangers...

A while back I posed a question to my Facebook community; self indulgence vs. self care, compare, contrast, and discuss. Citations...

Every time I hang out with my friend Isabel she reminds me of the day we met. Move in weekend at Whitworth University and I was all...

I had my fortune told recently. The woman spread out the cards to do a “find true love” reading. I was to pick two cards, one for me and...

I love the stars. How amazing is it that at night, when the sky gets dark, humanity’s first instinct is to look up and wonder at the...

Crushes are hard. Molly Ringwald taught me years ago that “if they were easy they’d call them something else.” Of course, Molly Ringwald...

(As published in How To Pack For Church Camp) I’ve worked at the same camp every summer since I was sixteen. I’ve done everything there...