Category archives: Nonfiction
Day 7
I made it to Day 7! That means I’ve been single for a whole week without keeling over, dead. Boy, I was pretty sure I would, too. Days 1-3: I was a wreck. So how am I now? Well, you’ve… continue reading »
Oh, Iraq!
Now how I remember you How I would push my fingers through Your mouth to make those muscles move That made your voice so smooth and sweet Now we keep where we don’t know All secrets sleep in winter clothes… continue reading »
Hope is the thing with feathers, continued
Day 5.75. — I’m sorry for those of you with readers. I’m not trying to be obnoxious with posting. I guess I just want a way to track my progress in this whole bein’-single business. I could journal, but I… continue reading »
Hope is the the thing with feathers
“Hope” is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard— And sore must be the storm— That could abash the little Bird That… continue reading »
The earth is bursting with life, continued
Day 4.5. — I read this, and it (somehow) gave me hope: A great sin: the fear, and ultimately paralyzation, of becoming. You are not who you want to be, and the path is unclear, so you sit down in… continue reading »
The earth is bursting with life
Day 4. — He never ever saw it coming at all. He never ever saw it coming at all. It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright. It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright. I’m the hero of this… continue reading »
I need goals.
The summer after my freshman year of high school, I had the biggest crush on a boy named Adam, who had just graduated. Adam was everything I wanted in a man: he was a Christian, a political junkie, buff, and… continue reading »
The only way I know how
When I was in high school, during study hall I would scribble quotes, songs, and Bible verses on sheets of loose leaf, trying to express how I felt at the moment. Those were my prayers. I knew no better way… continue reading »
“Everything Trying” by Damien Jurado
I’d call you now to tell you I’m thinking of you But it does me no good when the phone is just blocking my view And I would sail back to you And I would sail back to you And… continue reading »
5 Things I Know About Myself Now, That I Didn’t Know 2 Weeks Ago
Okay, I haven’t been frank on a blog post in for-ev-er. So, here it goes: Nathan and I are on a break. You don’t need to know much more. God willing, everything will be okay. (Hint: everything will be okay.)… continue reading »