Yesterday, I put up a blog post about my challenges with finding close friends as an adult. Today as I was listening to the Party in My Plants Podcast (great name, huh?), I got sucked into a great episode about the exact same topic. Turns out, I’m not the only one who feels that finding friends is […]
Embrace the Awkward
Last night, I was having a cocktail with one of my (very insightful) friends when we began to discuss an unexpected trial of adulthood: friendship. We both agreed that forming close new friendships has become much more difficult as we’ve gotten older. While I used to take my close female friendships for granted, I now […]
I Want More
Last week, I was so lucky enough to have three out-of-town friends visit me in Portland. Amid all the time we spent eating, laughing (and eating), walking (and eating), and book-browsing (and eating), we managed to have a meaningful discussion about a topic that’s been on my mind a lot lately. That topic was our […]
What Can I Let Go?
I recently listened to “The Art of Letting Go” by Richard Rohr, a Franciscan friar who lives in my home state of New Mexico. I will now sing its praises to anyone who cares to listen (or read, I guess). In the decade or so that I spent staunchly removed from organized religion, I still […]
Breaking Away
I recently listened to an inspiring conversation with Bill Sycalik, who is currently on a mission to run a marathon in each and every one of the United States’ fifty-nine State Parks. As if that weren’t impressive enough, he’s doing it in just one year. And he’s taking a break from his corporate job to […]
Grace to Go Around
I work in a crazy place. I’ve been a nurse now for about 4 years and in that time I have experienced beautiful highs and devastating lows. There are days when I leave the hospital after a long shift and am struck by just how much human suffering that one building can contain. Listen, I want […]
On Rituals
rit·u·al – an activity of intention performed at regular intervals, usually having a spiritual purpose Ok, so that’s not the Merriam-Webster definition, but it’s the best way I could come up with to describe something that’s been on my mind lately. It seems that the importance of having rituals is gaining steam in the popular […]
re:Joy 