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Written September 30th. My mom said to cry and to write. I’ve done enough of the former, so it’s time to try the latter. In the 1890s, the Original Brita emigrated from Norway to live in America. She was my great-great-grandmother. In America, she anglicized her name to Bertha and also named her daughter Bertha,… [Read More]
Yesterday marked six months since Dan and I said “I do” back in San Antonio, with our parents and siblings watching us. It feels like we’ve been married forever, but our wedding day also feels like yesterday. I know that in the grand scheme of things, six months of marriage isn’t that long, but every… [Read More]
Dan and I attended our first wedding together as a couple in December 2011. My sorority sister Lauren was getting married to Hudson, a Pi Kapp who was also a friend of mine. After having lived in France for two years–and having missed several weddings–I was not going to miss Lauren and Hudson’s wedding. I… [Read More]
Post contains Amazon affiliate links Reading Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey was like a soothing salve for my soul. I have never read any religious or feminist book quite like it. Jesus Feminist honestly changed my entire perspective on what it means for me to be both a Christian and a feminist. Sarah Bessey explains… [Read More]
For the 2010-2011 school year, I worked as an English Teaching Assistant assistant d’anglais in Niort, France as part of TAPIF (Teaching Abroad Program in France). I primarily worked at the Lycée Jean Macé, which also provided an apartment for me and the Spanish Teaching Assistant, Mary Cruz. We were pretty lucky that our high… [Read More]
