Navigate your way through the struggles and adventures of life: faith, lifestyle, travel, chronic illness
a feeling from a feeling somewhere it was buried in dirt another's love and beauty burrowed within revealing the secrets of a life long ago with just a fleeting touch, a tender embrace awakening dreams I didn't know existed and like that my heart burst forth like a dam releasing its hidden warmth new feelings [...]
Crystal clear waters babble beside me as I trek through the forest. I imagine that my head looks similar to that of a bobble-head as it darts rapidly to-and-fro trying to savour every morsel of beauty around me. Every place my eyes land they are treated to the burning reds and glorious oranges of a [...]
We didn't know what to expect- the trip across the lake had been spontaneous. We had seen a few pictures, but nothing could have prepared us for the pristine beauty we were to see. * boarding dock in Konigssee, each pass was around 20 Euros. We started at the pier on the edge of Konigssee [...]
Currently, I am curled up on the floor of my new living room with a fuzzy white blanket draped over my aching legs. Yesterday, I told myself that I would take it easy, let my body rest. A few hours after that internal conversation I found myself staring up at a mountain peak that I [...]
Monday thoughts: It looks differently from above. My car slowly rose out of the valley. As I rolled along the highway keeping up to pace with the other vehicles my eyes darted out the window. I allowed them to stay fixed on the view below. I feasted on the valley that was filled to the [...]
The grey sky is dull and dreary. The only glimpses of colour on this cold September day is the tops of the trees that are fading from the green hues of summer to the golden glow of autumn. Glistening diamonds of rain cling to the earth and its inhabitants, almost protectively. The thing about grey [...]
Halloween is next month, and I'm already seeing the bright costumes and big boxes of candy lining the shelves at the stores. But what is even scarier than the scariest Halloween horror movie? Ah yes, good ol’ debt. Student loans to be specific. I remember the dread I felt my whole last year of university [...]
ethereal pink merges with pastel oranges the sky is blooming and dancing soft hues melt together, so languid they are one everything is burning gold, dripping fire the world is alive because I look through your eyes Your love is burning gold, dripping fire the way your heart merges with mine we are alive and [...]
As summer winds down, I find I am easing into a slower season of life (for now, before we move to Germany in October). Summer has been busy, to say the least. Between working two jobs, trying to maintain a social life, and having an extremely awful Pots flare up (click here if you have no [...]
The sun shines differently now Time ticks slowly by Pain clarifies somehow I see it with a different eye Colours more intensely seen A soft covering of haze I vividly remember where I've been So much learned from hard days Out of the dirt comes life Things once important now trivial Worry and toil are [...]
