Tonight is the last night before my closest friends and I begin to separate for the summer. The first, Kyle, leaves tomorrow morning.I feel this odd sense of bittersweetness. I have never experienced a community

It's funny how one thing can suddenly change your entire attitude, and you don't even know why.Yesterday was wicked sweet--party in the campus plaza, comedy show with friends, pranking, being able to say I can

I completed the last day of class today. Besides two finals next week, it's done. Whoa.I'm experiencing the oddest mix of emotions--happy for the summer, excitement that I'm moving on to another year of school,

I find myself asking God so many times in my life, "Lord, what are you teaching me with this? Why did you show me this? What is the reason why this happened?"Today, I had training

What comes out of my mouth freaks me out. A lot.I feel like, many times, swords are shooting out rapid fire from this stupidly selfish, critical piece of flab that is my most deadly weapon.

"When Peace like a river attendeth my way..."Most of us are familiar with this line from the famous hymn "It is Well with My Soul." We say, smiling, without thinking, that Jesus is good and

Everyone has a mask. You know what I'm talking about.The plastered smile we stick on when we've having the worst day but we don't want to say anything. The bright face we glue on haphazardly

Uncomfortable. Nobody wants to feel that.Today, Chicago was hot. Humid, blazing, gross. It rained for like two seconds, and then decided to go back to being a hot mess. Some of us fair-skinned people aren't

Closure-less conflict is inevitable in this life. Sometimes, it seems like our only companion.I went out with some friends tonight to get some air and walk the city. We took public transportation to the Lincoln