Let the Boys Do That: Reprise
A reprise to the 2020 poem “Let the Boys Do That”; or: A poem for my Love
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Postponement and Poem
Hello, my lovely, faithful readers. It’s been a while since I’ve actually talked to you. How are you doing? Eight days ago, I finished writing the first draft of a novel I’ve been working on for a year and a half! It’s a huge cause for celebration, and also means I’ve started doing intensive research…
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Realigning Desires (And an Update on Dressember)
Welcome to the “What God is Doing in my Life” segment of this blog. For about the past month, I have been feeling slightly distracted. It was not like something big happened; rather, something inside my spirit was distracted, not at peace, not focused as it should be on God. I was aware of it,…
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The Heart Bush
When it’s warm outside, my family likes to eat dinner on our back patio. One night near the end of this past summer, we were doing just that. I had recently developed a fascination with pruning our overgrown plants and was looking at them, planning to continue in the morning. Then one of us, I…
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Evil Twins and True Beauty
When I was in fourth grade, for the first couple months of school, my teacher thought my name was Brittany Wrangler (instead of Bethany Wangler). When she finally realized her mistake (I was super super quiet back then, so it took a while), we all laughed and for the rest of the year, when anything…