I live in Columbus, Ohio and my goal in life is to cultivate joy. Right now that looks like creating a home with my husband and two bonus children, running a Refugee and Immigrant Services Program at the church I have loved for a decade, and writing through the words I have chosen for my life over the past fifteen years. This is where I post the random things I write, so go ahead and take a look around!
Every year I choose two words that I pray will mark those twelve months. I don’t do much to lean into them; what I do is live my year and then reflect on how God might have been marking those words into my life over time. It doesn’t usually turn out how I expect, which is why I am going back and writing a blog for each word I’ve had since 2011. These are written in order of the year I received them, but each blog does not necessarily correspond to the year it represents. Mostly, I am using these blogs to sort out what these words mean to me now, and how each of them has changed in meaning over time. I am writing these blogs for myself, as an act of worship and prayer, but I hope they speak to you, as well.
I’ve been back home for two months, now. I still don’t know quite what to say, but this is what I have so far.
Reflections on my first time in Paris, and how things have changed in eight years.
My life in words, 2023 Part I.