2 Oct
Be the change you wish to see in the world. -Mahatma Gandhi
One of the most wonderful things about my time as a high school teacher was seeing the students actively live out the values that we discussed in our daily 50 minutes together. It was seeing the “a-ha!” in their eyes when they realized they [...]
1 Oct
My first quarter of my second year in seminary is officially in full swing. I admit it–I love being back in school. I love my classes, my professors are amazing, and I feel all the wheels in my head turning ferociously. It feels good.
One of the things I like best about being in school is [...]
24 Sep
One of my favorite parts of our Utah trip was being able to be present to the onset of autumn. The southern part of the state had just begun to see its early nights of frost, especially in the higher elevations (this was taken at around 9,000 feet). It seemed a sacred thing to be present [...]
22 Sep
I think that one of my favorite parts about being in Southern Utah was the stillness that descended upon us both. We were removed, inaccessible by phone, email, facebook, twitter, and anything else that could threaten to preoccupy us, to tear us away from the awesome glory that lay before us with each new journey.
Stillness, [...]
14 Sep
Today we spent the day volunteering with the horses at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. It was physically demanding–15,000 steps on my pedometer at 4:30pm–and deeply rewarding. We learned of the passing of some of our old horse friends, and were introduced to some of the newbies to Best Friends. We spent time with those we [...]
13 Sep
“Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands—a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world.” –Sidney Lovett
Yesterday my birthday began with waking up at 5am [...]
10 Sep
Today we leave on a 8 day excusion back to southern Utah. We’ll be hiking through Bryce Canyon, Zion, and the northern rim of the Grand Canyon. We’ll also be returning to volunteer at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the largest no-kill animal sanctuary in the country and the setting for NatGeo’s show Dogtown. We went [...]
4 Sep
“We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, the winding streams with tangled growth, as ‘wild.’ …To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery.” – Luther Standing Bear, chief of the Oglala Lakota, 1905-1939
Recently I have been more curious [...]
2 Sep
Today I’ve written about 5 unfinished posts. None of them really seemed to “fit” today. Perhaps the’ll end up weaving their way back to the forefront, but for today, this is the post that made it.
There’s so many things swirling around my head. So many questions, so many possibilities, so many things to think about [...]
Just a joyful Catholic girl trying to live as simply and consciously and gratefully as possible in this beautiful, amazing world...and bringing as many as possible along for the ride.