How a sparsely attended funeral and a short obituary made me realize life isn’t about having more.
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Anticipation
Hustle and exhaustion doesn’t have to be your norm. | Back-to-school thoughts from a graduate of Grove City College.
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Stories
The ordinary stories of my life didn’t appear to have the makings of anything worth writing about. Yet, somewhere along the way, they became the moments that mattered most to me.
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The Peculiar Soundtrack of Senior Year
There’s 23 days left at Grove City College before my 7th semester here comes to an end. There’s 23 days to get all these papers done, including that one weird “group paper” that no one’s really sure how to handle. (Will my group members have absurdly passionate views on the Oxford Comma, or nah?) There’s 23 days left…
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Bittersweet
When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow. —from Bittersweet by Shauna Niequist As a child, I hated bittersweet chocolate. It seemed like an insult to the very nature of chocolate, a tragedy in the storybook of sweets. As a kid I thought,“Adults have to…
Read MoreMy Convocation Address
Today was the Fall Convocation chapel service at Grove City College where I sat as an audience member. Today I have my own convocation address on this blog. Who knows if anyone will read it, but that’s fine. Most of my comments come from a talk I got to give to freshman last Saturday at…
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Grace Leuenberger 