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Today I Met an Angel: A Letter to my Future Husband

[DISCLAIMER: I wrote this on December 13, 2014. But reading it again helped me remember a lot of things, and I'm publishing it in order to hold myself accountable. Sorry for the lack of pictures.  This is more of just a wordy blog post and…
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Finding Myself Again: The RM/Newlywed Life

Yesterday Dallin and I came home from work, went and sat next to our apartment hot tub, and we started talking about books. I told him about the book I'm currently reading and how he just has to read it.  We talked about how we both…
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packing lunches: an ode to Dallin

I have the sweetest husband in the world.  Since I'm working full time and in school full time, Dallin is constantly supporting me.  Yesterday morning, I woke up to this cute lunch that he prepared for me since I'd be on campus all day.  Strawberries…
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Murder should never be a choice.

I don't usually like to write about touchy subjects.  I suppose they beg for debate and contention.  But I can't stand idly by and let evil stare me in the face and not do anything about it. I have been thinking about how to live with a…

real people

Be prepared for something so confusing but personal.  And a ton of sentences that start with "and." And no gramatical correctness at all. Today I was talking to a student about his freshman year.  Honestly, I was being kind of typical about…

it's all about relationships

If you want to find yourself, you need to lose yourself in the lives of other people.- My Philosophy professor Relationships with other people are more important than being right.- My boss at work, Fred. If we have no peace, it is because…

an extrovert

In high school I took that personality test- you know, you're either a INFP, or an ESFJ, or an ENTJ.  Or something of 16 variants (something like that). Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Sensing or iNtuition? Thinking or Feeling? Judging…

Some tips for falling asleep from an expert ;)

1. Check every social media site you participate in before lying in bed.2. Keep your phone on full volume just in case anyone needs to get a hold of you. There could be an emergency.3. Lie in bed and make mental lists of everything you need…
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Modest is HOTTEST (even in Arizona)

So this weekend I had the wonderful privilege of going home! (For three days...)  I flew home, got to sleep in a little, and had a chance to spend time with my family before Spring term starts.  (Spring term isn't part of the regular semester,…

I'm a Tall Enthusiast

"You're really tall!" "Oh really? Wow, thanks for telling me that. I never noticed." First of all, I, Emma, am really not that tall. I'm almost 5'11".  The average height for an American male is 5'10" (it's true. seriously, google it) and…

Adolescent Adults on Television

According to research done by the Parents Televison Council, the average child between the ages of 2 and 17 spends approximately four hours every day viewing some sort of media - that's between twenty and thirty hours a week.  The media…

Can't Live Without

This last week, my computer kinda...crashed. Yep, it crashed.Then, this person I met once who's my friend on facebook graciously offered to fix it for me. AND, my amazing roommate Karina just happens to have an extra computer lying around.So,…

Cyrano de Bergerac: Never Been Kissed

And what is a kiss, specifically? A pledge properly sealed, a promise seasoned to taste, a vow stamped with the immediacy of a lip, a rosy circle drawn around the vert 'to love.' A kiss is a message too intimate for the ear, infinity captured…

Seasons

Don't get me wrong, I love Arizona. But Arizona lacks something I've always wanted to truly experience: seasons. Arizona = summer. From May till October, it is basically really, really hot. Then, it begins to cool off, slowly. And from November…
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A Living House

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing…
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Hymns

I remember on Sunday nights, my family would gather around the piano, I'd play, Sarah would play the flute, my mom would play her viola, and everyone else would sing -- and all singing parts were covered. And it was so peaceful. We would sing…

Jump

I am hiking around Avalanche Lake in Glacier, Montana with my dad and brother. I stop at a freezing stream. It’s not too wide, and Mark and my dad hop across it without a second thought. I stop at the water’s edge. The water is moving…

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