Category: Blog
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Abortion Reform: A Case for Data Informed Policy Decisions
Dear Reader, Before you begin reading this article already planning your attack on its content, assuming that it has anything to do with taking either the pro-life or pro-choice side, please know that the intention of this article is to talk about effective policy, not endorse or dismantle either side of the debate. I didn’t…
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The Five Things you need to Decide Before you Change the World
Dear Reader, I am so excited to be adding the “Make a Difference” section to the blog. I think people getting intentionally involved in their community is a really cool thing. Whether you care about people, animals, the environment, or other, there is always a way we can improve life for one another. I have…
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Seeing Chicago, Illinois
Hey there reader! Welcome to my first travel post! Because I know how inundating it can be to look up travel blogs to get ideas for an upcoming trip, it is my hope that this can be a good one-stop place for you to see my top recommended places to see that I have loved, with…
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The Responsibility of the Traveler
I am excited to be adding a travel section to the blog! Before I get started, please check out this post all about the unique responsibilities of the adventurer.
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The Uphill Battle of the Modern Milspo
A look at the how the Executive Order addressing hiring military spouses is a leap forward for female equality, families, and national security. Your common military spouse workforce questions answered.
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A Letter to the Person Leaving Home for the First Time
A grounded letter to my first time travelers, my dreamers, my soul searchers, and my broken-hearted readers searching the globe for answers.
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On Taking a Knee
A response to the Take a Knee movement seen on the fields this football season from a die-hard military supporter, and a thoughts about addressing issues of inequality.
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My Responsibility Mantra
Pasted to the inside of one of my many journals is this little mantra, that helped me to find balance in all of the things I wanted to accomplish never seemed like they were being accomplished fast enough.
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A Substitute Teacher’s Protest Against Self Doubt
We have an epidemic of self-doubt in our culture, best demonstrated by students in the everyday classroom setting. Though my role in students life is brief, my students and I have figured out how to change this way of thinking, in under 5 minutes.
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Where This Blog Begins
Several years ago I was caught between a prayer, a cardboard moving box, and a bottle of wine. This blog is a result of that. Read how this whole thing got started.
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Poverty Across Culture & Country: A Letter Home
One day I was living in one of the most privileged parts of the country, and the next day I was working in one of the poorest. A dose of bravery and an intense pay cut reshaped my understanding of need, and just how much work still needs to be done in this country.
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Things to Remember Before (& After) the Election
As what has proven to be a stressful election is fast approaching, read this peaceful little excerpt.
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Do it afraid – The courage to get up and go
Fear is simply an emotion – a powerful one at that, but one that you can do anything with when you don’t feed it.