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- On my grandpa: a life well lived and well lovedThe night before my grandpa died, I told a close friend at the end of our nearly two-hour phone call that I wasn’t too sad that his passing was likely imminent. Just 10 hours later, my mom told me that he actually had died — from congestive heart failure — at 2:30Continue reading “On my grandpa: a life well lived and well loved”
- This Side of Heaven: Exploring a Christian’s Relationship with Social JusticeI originally wrote this piece in the fall of 2018 for To The Well, a Christian thought journal at UNC. A lot has changed since then (including, maybe, even some of my articulations of social justice) but I praise the Lord that his faithfulness, goodness and eternal posture toward justice has not.Continue reading “This Side of Heaven: Exploring a Christian’s Relationship with Social Justice”
- We Find a Way: Drives with DadMore than any other mostly inevitable part of life, being in the car has always been my favorite. I love the feel of the steering wheel turning in my fingers, the smell of a fall evening coming through my rolled-down windows and the mix of the no-limits conversation and let’s-belt-it-at-the-top-of-our-lungs singing. IContinue reading “We Find a Way: Drives with Dad”
- call it what it is: white supremacyOn February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery — a 25-year-old Black man on a jog in his Brunswick, GA neighborhood — was gunned down and murdered by two white men. On May 7, 2020, those two men, a father and son, were finally arrested — after months of a justice system doing nothingContinue reading “call it what it is: white supremacy”
- Thoughts on Walmart interactions and meaningful compliments“Hey pretty, how’re you doing?” This question greeted me this morning, in-between the shoe aisle and cleaning cart at Walmart. In some ways — literally and figuratively — I felt trapped. The older gentleman who asked the question, in front of me and much taller, did not move out of my wayContinue reading “Thoughts on Walmart interactions and meaningful compliments”
- all is grace!On a day full of declarations of goals and resolutions, the last thing anyone probably wants to read is a list of mine. But alas, I am writing and sharing one anyways. As I told a friend earlier this morning, I actually despise resolutions. I do not like the guilt they usuallyContinue reading “all is grace!”
- a love letter to my parents:My parents met much like a scene out of a movie. At 19 and 20 years old, they met while my dad was working at their college’s dining hall. Actually, they met after my mom — who was too busy staring at my dad to move forward in the food line —Continue reading “a love letter to my parents:”
- on celebrating freedom.Growing up, the 4th of July was always one of my favorite holidays. Every summer from as young as I can remember until 11th grade, my family spent the 4th of July with my Aunt Carla and Aunt Jill – where we spent time together as a family at the pool, eatingContinue reading “on celebrating freedom.”
- nothing is lost.Lately, I have struggled with missing old things. My old things. The things which once brought me comfort, even when they brought me sadness; the things which gave me worth, even when they brought me shame; the things which built me up, even as they tore me apart. Depression. Comparison. Dependency. Grief.Continue reading “nothing is lost.”
- my tribute to candace.On June 17, 2018, my cousin Candace Howlin Kay died after a longtime battle with cancer. There aren’t enough words to convey the type of person Candace is, but here is my best attempt, read at her funeral. Candace Howlin Kay is many things to many people. She is a mother, aContinue reading “my tribute to candace.”
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