26 Things My Father Loves (Happy Birthday ABCs)
Happy Birthday to my dad, who reads every post and calls me immediately after to comment on it and confirm that he read it....
Pg.217 of My 300 Page Autobiography: My UPenn App
Today, I've been backing up all the files on my computer in preparation for exams and stumbled upon my high school folder of college...
Celebrating Christmas Florida-Style
Happy holidays from Florida!
It doesn't quite feel like Christmas with the warm weather and sunny skies, but I'll take it over what the weather...
To my Father: a Father’s Day Post
My father is the #1 follower of my blog. Of the total number of "pecks" (site visits) I've had so far, he has probably...
One More Continent Checked Off the List
Every year, Harvard gives its students the full month of January off, so after all the hubbub of final exams, Christmas, and New Year’s...
25 Things I’m Grateful for Upon Turning 25
Now that I am turning 25, it's time to take a moment and thank all the amazing people in my life who have loved me...
Dear Dad – Eulogy for My Father
I read this eulogy at my father's funeral service on January 13th at St. John's Episcopal Church in Tampa, Florida:
A Letter to my Father
Dad,...
Filling the Church for My Future Funeral (Maintaining Meaningful Relationships)
A few months ago, I read something that asked,
Envision your funeral:
What would you want said about you?
Who would you hope to be in attendance?
At...
Fifteen Things that Change After Getting a Dog
In honor of National Dog Day (today), here's a "listicle" where really I'm just sharing photos of my dog... Without further ado-
15 Things that...
America: The Target of All Polyglot Jokes
What do you call a person that speaks three languages?
Trilingual.
What do you call a person that speaks two languages?
Bilingual.
What do you call a person...
Oops, I Accidentally Dyed My Hair Black…
Well, it would seem my Africa trip documentation fizzled out. And then I went to Canada. And then Florida. And now I'm back in...