personal-reflection – Page 7 – Veni. Vidi. Scripsi.

The Good, The Bad, and The Bilingual

I love my FJ Cruiser. No, really—I do. She handles tight spots with ease… but she also has an unexpected flair for the dramatic. True story: About a week ago, her Bluetooth system decided she was ready for a change and flipped from English to fluent Español. No warning. No polite heads-up. There I was,ContinueContinue reading “The Good, The Bad, and The Bilingual”

Name Change

I’ve renamed the Category and Menu items formerly known as “Slice O’Life.” While it seemed charming and personal to me, my stories and their themes have grown wilder and more tangled, calling for a name that embraces their full tapestry. So now it’s “Life’s Tapestry,” a name that will appear in the Menu bar and betterContinueContinue reading “Name Change”

That Time I Got Schooled by a Guitar Nerd

| Guest post by Git from Miss’a’sippi | So there I was, a hotshot college freshman at Miss’a’sippi State University, feelin’ like I’d just conquered the world by learning how to microwave a burrito without it exploding. Life was good. I had my hoodie, my flip phone, and a vast, complex understanding of 90s rockContinueContinue reading “That Time I Got Schooled by a Guitar Nerd”

Faith, Legacy, and the Courage to Build

| Guest post by John Curtis | God doesn’t give us the life we want, he gives us the opportunity to make the lives we have the courage to create. God’s gifts rarely arrive as fully formed outcomes; instead, they show up as raw material: time, talents, relationships, and even obstacles that invite deliberate shaping.ContinueContinue reading “Faith, Legacy, and the Courage to Build”

Finding Jesus in the Road: A Glimpse of Grace in Gravel

The image you see above is more than just a shard of broken porcelain—it’s a moment, a reminder, a whisper of God’s presence in the middle of an ordinary day. The story behind it comes from a friend, who will to remain anonymous, but his experience speaks volumes to all of us who seek GodContinueContinue reading “Finding Jesus in the Road: A Glimpse of Grace in Gravel”