(Sunset over the Pacific Ocean) I know we don’t usually associate a sunset with the beginning of something, but as Semisonic would argue, “every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” And there were a lot of endings during my trip – this being one of the first, but not the biggest.

One year ago today I met some missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. You already know all about how my life has changed since then. Today I got to celebrate this “anniversary” by going to church in New York City with the missionary who baptized me. I also got to see [...]

I have a confession to make. I hate Thanksgiving. Yeah, I said it. I hate Thanksgiving. Personally I cannot get behind a holiday that revolves entirely around eating so much food all everyone wants to do is sleep and feel sick. What I do get excited about is having the opportunity to see everyone. And [...]

Today, I cannot shake the tired. My whole body is conspiring against me and this to-do list.  So I’m procrastinating by updating my blog. Good. I have all of these unwritten posts for you and I keep taking pictures for more posts but I never get the camera and the computer to speak so I [...]

I’m sorry I’ve been so bad about updating you all with what’s going on in my life. I come and I whine and then I don’t write for a week. If you decided to abandon me, I would not blame you (but I might pout). I’ve had a chance to do some thinking about why [...]