In My Own Words

It's 4:23PM on Sunday afternoon. My family and I spent the day driving across Sing Buri in dtaa's (grandfather's) old blue pickup - past...

Things I didn’t expect when I signed up for the Peace Corps: I didn’t expect to become so close to so many people so quickly. I guess...

Only month and one day ago today, I posted this on my Facebook page. The election of President-Elect Trump was a devastating blow to my...

I'm reading Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed. She opens her little book by acknowledging her love of quotes and the impact the quotes she's...

Everyday we have a million things to show up for. We show up for work, we show up for school, we show up for our friends, we show up for...

It is easy to say happiness is a practice. It is easy to spout lines about perseverence and courage and strength. I consider myself a...

This year, I have decided that several things I always thought were totally sane are totally stupid. First off, expecting yourself to...

I have tried and failed multiple times over the last few months to write a new blog post. The writers block is real, and it's a struggle....

When I moved back to Colorado Springs last July, I didn't know what I was looking for. I didn't know what I wanted. I didn't know where I...

Today is Easter Sunday, and I went to Catholic Mass with my dad. We went to the church we went to every Sunday when I was a child - the...