House on the Rock

 It was a week full of uncertainty - sickness, pending Covid tests, disrupted travel plans, and trying to make the most of virtual school. My boyfriend told me he felt super scatterbrained but, as far as I could tell, had no concrete reason why. I attributed it to symptomatic roommates, teaching through a pandemic, and trying to navigate the weirdness of a Covid-ridden world. However, his scatterbrained-ness took shape on a cold Friday evening when he was supposed to come over and showed up approximately four hours late. I was a bit confused and concerned by his distance but didn't figure we were nearing a breakup, especially considering the recent closeness and deep-rooted love of the past couple weeks. The only other logical explanation was that he was hiding some sort of massive question that was about to change the course of our lives forever. I assumed that was the case and went on my way, decorating for Christmas and de-stressing after student teaching. When he finally arrive...

2020- What. A. Year. It has been a rollercoaster filled with more uncertainty, anxiety, and tension than any year I have experienced. Yet, God in his goodness, once again, revealed more of himself and blessed me with gifts grander that I ever could have dreamed up on my own.  Like I said last year, "one of my favorite ways to praise God is to reflect on His faithfulness, so I'm composing a flyover recap of [2020]...mostly for my own sake, and yours too if you're bored." So here we go. January: The year started off with a bang, and by bang I mean agreeing to date the man of my dreams at 2:00 in the morning just hours before my plane left for Nepal. In an eleven-day whirlwind (that you've probably read about twice by now), we decided we might be compatible and figured it was safer to secure the package before spending a month on opposite sides of the world. Then, I took off on a 16-hour flight to Nepal to learn about the gut-wrenching injustice of human trafficking ...