In Defense Of Creationism
Faith and science are not incompatible – you don’t need to abandon the facts of science to have faith.
If We’re Always Looking For Something Better, Is Dating Doomed?
The thrill of newness always fades, and when it does, you’ll be left thinking of someone who stuck even when the newness was long gone, whose little details hit you in pangs of love and loss every time you hear the song that was playing the first time you met.
Maybe Disney Did Get Something Right About The Fairytale Ending After All
But maybe Disney did get something right: patience… and the importance of at least one pair of extra kick-ass shoes to make the waiting worthwhile.
When The One You Love Isn’t The One You’re With
I fell in love with him without my consent, piece by piece, until the fact that I loved him was just a matter of undeniable facts.
In Search Of Something Beautiful
Too often the fashion and beauty worlds are criticized as the culprit for dictating what is beautiful and, though perhaps unintentionally at times, what is not beautiful.
In Defense Of Music Festivals
Though FOMO (fear of missing out) is obnoxious at best, there’s something to the idea that we all — in this human experience — have a deep-seeded need to be a part of something that lasts.
We Need To Stop Thinking About Marriage As The “Next Step” We’re All “Supposed” To Take
I’m not saying there aren’t right answers and reasons, but getting married to meet some sort of traditional expectation, because you’ve been dating long enough, because you’re at a certain age, because your family expects it, because all your friends are already married, aren’t good enough reasons to marry someone and have it be more than some skeletal shell of a stage you’re supposed to reach.
Embrace The Chance That You Might Fail. That’s Where You Grow.
Because the thing is, you only get this one exquisite life to do, feel, learn, explore, be, try everything.
The Ease Of The Not-Relationship
You can go months, years even, of being stuck in that emotional swamp — not sinking or swimming — of sharing hours, days, weeks, with someone now and again without every fully giving yourself to a relationship. It’s easier not to.
How Digital Dating Has Changed The Way We All Approach Love (And Not For The Better)
The major value of spontaneity and vulnerability has been lost in the ease of meeting online because, in online dating, the cycle of first dates (and perhaps a handful of seconds or thirds) is inevitable.