“Children can feel, but they cannot analyse their emotions.”- Charlotte Bronte I saw too many people in one day. Tired, in my introverted way, I have not left my apartment today. I picked up a book I read in high school- Jane Eyre. I do not remember why I chose to read it back then, […]
I don’t know exactly when I stopped expecting to be married. When I was 18, I thought I would meet my husband my first year of college, fall in love and then marry after we graduate. I expected some flood of slightly alternative, Christian guys pursuing me as if my undergrad would be some sort […]
I consider myself a feminist. Meaning that I believe in feminism in its base level of women being equal to men, and empowering women to have a voice due to thousands of years caging women’s strength. There was a time, however, where I took my feminism to the certain extremes people often think of. I […]
I love writing long blogs. So I needed to break this blog down. And here you get a promised two part series on Ambiguity and relationships. Look for my next blog in about two days called “Ambiguity! What I got wrong about sex.” Let’s time-travel to the year 2003. There I was, 17-year-old Janelle. I […]
And that was my first reaction when I saw 117 views on my blog sometime around lunchtime yesterday. And more since then. It freaked me out in a good way. I think having that recognition simultaneously makes me very happy, instill the fear of God in me, and makes me feel dangerously vulnerable. Sooo… people […]
I am almost done with my first year of seminary. Hard to believe how the time has went by. This year was a very story-driven year. When you go to school for counseling, you get counseled in the process and your entire life goes through examination- under a magnifying glass. I have never been so […]
This semester has been a whirlwind. And while I have had a lot of activity in my life- between balancing school, work, social relationships, being in counseling, and encountering my grieving process- it has not been due to my work load that I have not given blogging a thought. Too much is happening. I am […]
