Brooklyn-born resident of Texas, Christ follower in touch with my need for grace.

I am a teacher by day and a grad student by night, pursuing a Creative Writing MFA at Western Colorado University. I am also a writer, poet, and kindred creative. I love good music, good stories, good food, and good company. One great desire of mine is to foster and grow communities in the spaces that I inhabit. Another is developing understanding. Both teaching and writing harness the power we have to help people expand and respond to their understanding of the world and of themselves.

This blog has been a space for me to sort through and share a number of thoughts and reflections about my life experiences so far. I am a proponent of the adage “write what you know”. At the moment, a lot of what I know (or what I’m learning) has to do with teaching, so a lot of my writing will likely reflect that. Other than that, this blog is a space for me to share things that make me laugh, smile, think, or grow somehow. I hope you find something here that does the same for you and makes you feel understood or grows your understanding of others

If laughter burned calories exponentially, I wouldn't have to worry about getting to the gym. Of course, that's not how the body was designed, so I really should get to the gym regularly, because exercise is good for the body. I hope you find something here that's good for the soul.

Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them."
Psalm 126:2

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