I have been dreading this post for a number of reasons. First, this announcement means that my decision is real. I am giving up something that I love for someone that I love even more. I worried, and still do, about disappointing my mentors, my family, and my students (past and future). I worry that my decision means that I may never have the job that I fought so hard to have. I have Continue Reading
From the archives: June 25, 2011
I am in the process of purging through a few rooms and boxes that should've been purged last year. My sweet mother-in-law and I have been attempting to re-organize our home. There will be an announcement later this week (I know...another!?), but I am not ready to make that news public yet. It is still all too new...all too terrifying...yet exciting at the same time. As Sonia sorts through Continue Reading
Buckhead Bytes Part III: Release it (part i)…
This is part III of a series that takes Andy Stanley's sermons from Sunday to every day. If you missed part I, just click here to catch up. If you missed part II, click here.Here is a quick catch up:February 2009: I recognize that I have not been living up to the standard that I had been called. I write a sincere plea for God to direct me where I need to beApril 2009: I start Continue Reading
Buckhead Bytes Part II: Rethink it…while crying behind a dumpster.
This is part II of a series that takes Andy Stanley's sermons from Sunday to every day. If you missed part I, just click here to catch up.Here is a quick catch up:February 2009: I recognize that I have not been living up to the standard that I had been called. I write a sincere plea for God to direct me where I need to beApril 2009: I start to admit that I have a larger role to play in Continue Reading
Buckhead Bytes Part I: Own it
This is embarrassing to admit, but despite the fact that my husband and I moved into our home about a year ago, we still have a mess in our basement. When I use the word mess...I mean disaster. My husband moved my boxes of childhood keepsakes from my parent's basement to ours and I have recently begun the process of attempting to purge through everything I have a hard time letting go Continue Reading