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My Work Story
I recently wrote out my sick story, but felt compelled this morning to write out my work story. This is not just all the jobs I have worked, but my experiences and growing passion for conservation. I did it to remind myself of all the wonderful experiences I have had and, honestly, to remind myself Continue reading
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Shaped by Loves
My heart is shaped like my loves the smile of children the colors of moth wings the shapes of animals My heart beat sounds like my loves the songs of birds and cicadas the moving creek the notes of music laugher and passionate speech What’s written on my heart are my loves the words of Continue reading
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Hard to say Goodbye
How do you say goodbye to a place that has changed you, has remade you, not despite its worst qualities but in spite of them It’s hard to say goodbye when people touched your heart and taught you much When a place has imprinted on you ignited your passions to listen to birds sing and Continue reading
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All Paths that Lead to Love
Look at all these people with different stories not one alike almost as if God makes them all unique and our choices aren’t black and white Our choices are our choices freely embraced and if they end with brokenness God’s got a plan for them anyways There’s no room for these rules humans are beautiful Continue reading
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Honest Thoughts about Religious Teachings
Some religious traditions I am questioining: If anything, church should not be a building, but a people, just as the Israelites were, meant to be a light among others. What if church is not a Sunday service, but a group of people who spend time in the world seeing the hurt, lonely, and poor? I Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
Joyful Ruins 