What a Year of Choosing Love Showed Me

At the start of this year, dear Danielle and I chose a word that we would focus on. Similar to many ideas that come with the new year, we chose a word that we wanted to add to who we were, a character trait that would be pressed into in order to grow closer to who God is calling us to be. That word was “lover.” We wanted to move into this current year with forgiveness and make sure we showed love through every part of us. We wanted to be active in our love for people, because people matter.

Little did we know that a global pandemic would happen.

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Finding New Rhythms

I love coffee shops. I started this blog in a coffee shop that used to be in Greensboro. I was in college and really loved tea (origins of the name of this blog), every week on Mondays before my classes, I would sit in “Geeksboro” and write about life and what I was learning. That shop doesn’t exist anymore, but I remember living with that rhythm, each week waking up early and driving to the shop just to drink a warm tea or chai then write. It became my own little space, a space where friends of mine knew exactly where I would be and I would occasionally have a friend show up to join me in my writing. I say all of this because since that point, life has changed so very much.

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Living a Thankful Life

November is a great month. I love the season of Thanksgiving, being able to look at what life has given you and reflect on what matters most. This year might be a little more difficult to do that, but at the same time, this might be the perfect moment to do that. I have been told that I have a lot of joy, I have a lot of energy and I really love people. The secret is, I don’t have that come naturally. What I’ve had to do was grow a lot and realize, that by living a thankful life, joy follows.

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