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I forgot to write a post this weekend; I have no excuse. I try to have some measure of routine in my weeks where I remember to give an update…

I'm late writing this week's update because I spent a lot of time learning about volunteering with refugees and then helping friends lead a church service for refugees living nearby.…

I love to laugh. I understand suffering. Those are both parts of who I am, and sometimes conversations with the people I'm closest to span both ends of that spectrum…

I was really excited last week to sit down and type out the wonders of my return to Frauenchor last Monday night, but I fell sick on Thursday and was…

First of all, thank you to everyone who messaged me or commented on my last post. I'm grateful for your kind words. I've had a great week full of affirmation…

This isn't the first time I've talked about wanting to be healed of everything wrong with me. I've been pretty vocal about the fact there were things broken in me…

I love my job. I love it so much. I get to teach students about the Bible and how to read well. I have the privilege of doing this every…

I've had almost two weeks back home now, and I'm almost settled into a routine - just in time for school to start and change my schedule. I'm so ready…

There are four things that I'm exceptionally passionate about: literature, the Bible, my students, and Jesus. I light up when I get to talk about them. Conversely, I'm visibly disheartened…

Kandice and I talked early in our week at the start of this month about me having an extra session with her to check in with my progress before I…

One of my students told me she was twitter famous because she had a really high number of followers. When I told her how many blog hits I had, she…

Trauma is a difficult thing. It affects everyone differently. I’ve tried very hard to be open about my experience, but I need to reiterate that my fall was a traumatic…

My body has been through a lot in the last five days, and it's been an incredible experience. Kandice and I worked through a lot of different exercises and practiced…

I'm so grateful for the physical therapy care I've been provided over the last year and a half. From Saskia at the hospital the first week after my accident to…

With the bar set high from yesterday's adventure, I showed up after breakfast with one of my favorite students ever ready for more amazing discoveries about my body. We started…

Yesterday being such a full day, I slept hard and struggled to get out of bed this morning. However, I was eager to get back to work with Kandice and…

As I hinted at before, I have a week of intensive therapy planned here in Portland. Today was day one of my therapy at ADAPT Advanced where I'll be learning…

These past two weeks have been a blur for me, and as exhausting as they've been, I've been so blessed by my extended family. I wrote last week about spending…

A lot has happened in the last week, and it would take me thousands of words to recount it all. Rather than focusing on the frustrations of airport staff referring…