It’s just over 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic and since I haven’t written anything in a while I thought I’d reflect on the last year. Where to begin? Year of great learning? Yes. Year from hell? Yes. Year full of good things? Also yes. For me, living through a pandemic has involved many of […]
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I have been thinking about how Julia would react in a time like this. So, I wanted to write something about Julia’s hypothetical thoughts on the pandemic. I do this with a bit of trepidation, because it’s guesswork, and others who know her may disagree with the representation. But I wanted to try to apply […]
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The coronavirus isolation is messing with our lives in deep ways. And this could be great news. Hear me out. I’m not at all saying that the actual pandemic is a good thing. There is real tragedy happening. Healthcare practitioners, bus drivers, grocery store workers, and many other essential workers, are dealing with incredible stress. Families have […]
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For an introvert, social distancing is a dream (minus the killer virus). There’s still small talk, but at least it’s over text, so you can take 3 hours to think of a response to “how are you?” Once in a while, you have to get on a video call, but nobody sees your pants, so […]
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I’m feeling slightly warm. My heart is racing. Yes, I think I’m burning up. My stomach is feeling a bit queasy. Is this a fever? Do I have… I’m having chest pains. Sometimes, it seems to get worse when I breathe. I remember reading about those CT scans of the lungs that look like there’s […]
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I used to think confidence was just something you were born with. I never felt like a very confident person. I second-guessed myself a lot – always worried I’d make the wrong decision. I used to think that was just the way I was. Which was fine – I had other gifts and talents. I […]
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A glooming peace this morning with it brings, The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head. Go hence to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished: For never was a story of more woe Than this of… (5.3.304–309) Let’s play literature trivia. Can you finish the quote? […]
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Happy 2020! Like last year I’m posting this well after the 3 year anniversary of Julia’s death on December 21st. Like every year, we had a couple of gatherings at Julia’s grave – one with friends and one with family – to remember her and her impact on our lives, pray, and sing. The delay […]
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I’ve had a bunch of blog ideas recently (so many that I haven’t been able to focus on actually finishing one), but something happened recently that I feel compelled to write about. A 14-year-old, Devan Selvey, was stabbed and killed outside of a Hamilton high school in front of his mom. Hearing about how this […]
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Today I want to talk about positive thinking. By this, I mean something quite specific. I’m not referring to research findings from positive psychology about how to create positive emotions. This is extremely important, as I’ll cover. Rather, I’m talking about the positive thinking that comes from pop psychology and self-help books which teach you […]
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