
where in the world was emily smith?
A few weeks ago, I put up a post saying that I needed some down time from social media and pretty much said, "See you in a week." A week...

stop with the excuses..
The world tells us that we need to be perfect now, that it is the only way to find *true* happiness, and that it can be achieved if we do...

Your bed just called... It wants you back.
I am not a sleep-er-in-er. Even as a kid, Saturday morning was often greeted with women in lycra moving to eighties music while I waited...

the proposal-versary
Exactly four years ago, a guy got down on one knee, fumbled a ring out of his pocket and asked a girl to marry him. That guy was Josh,...

number fifty nine: go to trek
My final post from 2017 was sort of a review and reflection of the year, and I mentioned a few things that I hadn’t yet made time to blog...

number fifty five: milly dates
My childhood best friend had the coolest wooden cubby house in her backyard. Of all the fantastic things we imagined up in there, the one...

hi, my name is...
I am fully loving the changes that have come with the expansion of the blog. Of course I was totally in charge of everything that was or...

number five: go see vivid
People that know me pretty well, know that my dating life before marriage looked a bit like the fridge a day before the grocery shop. Not...

the nike life is born
The day has arrived and all is ready to be revealed! I want to thank you for sticking with me on the journey so far. Things from here on...

number sixty nine: donate blood
Originally posted 10 January 2018. I sometimes classify myself as being a lightweight. This has nothing to do with my physical abilities...

two thousand and seventeen: the year of the do it
Originally posted 30 December 2017. I have just spent the last 76 minutes trying to put together a poster for a church event. There is...

number fifty four: do a mega puzzle
Originally posted 23 December 2017. Earlier in the year I started babysitting for a family I know from church. Two active boys under...

number twenty two: sunrise date
Originally posted 28 September 2017. Last New Year's Eve, I took Josh to the beach and showed him a hidden lookout I'd found months...

number forty one: go see john bytheway at time out for women
Originally posted 19 September 2017. It feels good to write. I think it's quite like exercise? I forget how much I love it until I'm...

number forty eight: complete a digital detox
Originally posted 22 Augut 2017. Since I was old enough to be relatively observant and 'with it', I've described an aspect of myself as...

number fourteen: take my department interview
Originally posted 16 August 2017. I was having a conversation today about how quickly time is going. It's actually ridiculous! This time...

number thirty four
Originally posted 7 August 2017. SHE'S BACK!! and the crowd are going wild! Or maybe they're just mildly jazzed? Seriously, but....

number fifty four: share a miscarriage story
Originally posted 6 June 2017. Last week I took a pregnancy test and was shattered. I sat on my bed thinking about what the specialist...

number fifty-three
Originally posted 26 May 2017. I know. It's been some time. I've been busy doing different things, but just take a few minutes so I can...


two thousand and eighteen: the year of the fearless



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