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Tell me the season’s almost over, I can wait

May 22, 2008 in Personal · No comments

“I can’t wait until the end of June.”

It was an honest enough comment. But coming from him, my breath caught and I automatically said, “Yes you can.” He sighed and clasped my hand tightly. After a moment he voiced, “this sucks.” And I agreed eagerly.

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It’s freezing in the loneliest winter

May 6, 2008 in Personal · No comments

Discussing my friendships online is difficult for me, let alone my relationship. I generally feel that these are sacred and extremely private, especially considering no one else understands them aside from those in them with me. But I would be remiss to leave Randy out of this.

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The future’s not ours to see

April 29, 2008 in Personal, Recommended · One comment

Over the last few months I’ve really felt myself begin to understand the meaning of faith. It comes down to believing that what you are doing and who you are becoming is what and who you are meant to be. It is being able to find peace in your decisions and comfort in the unknown. For someone so used to planning every detail of my life, lessons in faith have been hard to learn and have never come easily.

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Take me in and dry the rain

April 28, 2008 in Personal, Recommended · One comment

April 28, 2008. In exactly four months I will be, in all likelihood, on a plane leaving my world and all I know and love behind. I must be crazy. Who in their right mind willfully goes to be alone in a foreign land, in full knowledge of the fact that they will be unable to communicate properly for weeks and months? This isn’t sane. This isn’t normal. This is the first time in my life I’ve taken a step completely in the dark and totally unaware of where my feet will fall — be it on solid ground or nothing at all.

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For every single breath that I take

April 22, 2008 in Personal · No comments

I think I will always wonder what could have been with Dickinson. Really and truly, I think I could have found great friends there and am truly sad I will never have the chance to find out “what could have been” at Dickinson. It really is a great school and I would have loved to go.

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