Like many in my generation, I didn’t grow up singing hymns. I knew some of the old standards, but I was much better acquainted with campfire songs, praise courses, and other, more contemporary tunes. After graduating from high school, I moved away from home for college and started attending a […]
The Ann Arbor Big House Big Heart 10K, which I am registered for, is less than 3 weeks away. Running a 10K this year was on my intentions list. But really, it’s something I’ve intended to do for longer. I had wanted to run one around December/January of 2010/2011, but […]
Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, New York:The Penguin Press, 2011. This book is a memoir, not a parenting guide. This was my repeated explanation as to why I–a single, childless, underemployed young attorney–was reading Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. I was relieved to see […]
I like goals. They’re (usually) easily quantifiable, so I can put them on a checklist. Crossing things off of checklists brings me such satisfaction, it’s hard to express. I usually don’t even just check the item of the list. I scratch it off. Over and over again. Bury the item […]
Yup, I’m writing again. What can I say. I’m a sucker for peer pressure. Which is why I’m writing again. The friend who encouraged me to start writing again in the first place IMed me today. She encouraged me to keep a log of my running experience–to help her stay […]
Two posts in two days. I know, amazing. If that’s a shocker, prepare to have your socks blown off–there could be two posts today alone! Why the sudden (hopefully permanent) resurgence in writing? Because writing is something that makes me me. When I applied to law school, like every other […]
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